Holding in Company

RNS Number : 2015F
Grafton Group PLC
07 January 2010
 



TR - 1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares


1

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:


Grafton Group plc

2

Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate box):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


x


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights




Other (please specify) 



3

Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Fundamental Investors, Inc. ("FI")

4

Full name of shareholders(s) (if different from 3):

N/A

5

Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

01 January 2010

6

Date on which issuer notified:

07 January 2010


7

Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

8

Notified Details:


A: Voting Rights attached to shares




Class/type of shares (if possible using ISIN CODE)


Situation previous to the Triggering transaction




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of Voting Rights 

Number of shares

Number of Voting Rights 

% of Voting Rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

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14,962,000



14,962,000


14,962,000


0


0%


SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)


14,962,000



14,962,000



14,962,000



0


0%


B: Financial Instruments



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

% of voting rights




N/A







TOTAL (A + B)


Number of voting rights

% of voting rights



0




0%

9

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  N/A

 





Proxy Voting


10

In case of proxy voting: N/A


11

Additional information


Effective 1 January 2010, Fundamental Investors, Inc, granted proxy voting authority to Capital Research and Management Company, its investment advisor.



Done at Los AngelesCalifornia on 06 January 2010.








This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

the Irish Stock Exchange.




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