Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5525C

Grafton Group PLC

19 January 2015

 



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)
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
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]						Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:						AIB Bank, Dublin Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Mellon Bank, N.A., London The Northern Trust Company, London State Street Bank and Trust Company, London
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]:						15 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:						16 January 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:						Below 10%
8. Notified details:
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
GBP.05 UNIT ISIN: IE00B00MZ448		25,555,112	25,555,112			23,188,530		9.97%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	25,555,112		25,555,112		23,188,530		9.97%

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
23,188,530	23,188,530	9.97%

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

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 Fort Lauderdale, USA on 16 January 2015

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