Holding in Company

RNS Number : 5292Z

Grafton Group PLC

07 March 2013

 

Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC[i]

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached [ii]:   Grafton Group plc

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[x]     an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      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

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:

Invesco Limited

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]:

            05 March 2013

6.         Date on which issuer notified; 07 March 2013 

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%

8.         Notified details:

1.    

1.     1.     1.    

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]
	Number of Shares[viii]	Number of Voting rights[ix]	Number of shares[x]	Number of voting rights[xi]		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct[xii]	Indirect[xiii]	Direct	Indirect
Grafton Grp Plc   IE00B00MZ448	9,056,348	9,056,348			6,920,937		2.98%
SUBTOTAL A  (based on aggregate voting rights)	9,056,348	9,056,348		6,920,937		2.98%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date[xv]	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date[xvi]	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
6,920,937	6,920,937	2.98%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable[xvii]:

Invesco Asset Management S.A France & Invesco Asset Management Ltd - 421,838

Invesco Asset Management Limited - 592,694

Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 189,266

Invesco Canada Limited - 4,013,303

Invesco Advisers Inc. & Invesco Canada Limited - 1,691,633

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd - 5,135

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 7,068

10.       In case of proxy voting:[name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.       Additional information:

Done at [place] on [date].

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This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

The Irish Stock Exchange.

 

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