Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9755P

Grafton Group PLC

11 June 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):

[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]:

BlackRock, Inc.

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]:

10^th June 2015

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

11^th June 2015

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

Holding has gone above 5%

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
IE00B00MZ448	11,587,890	11,587,890	N/A	N/A	12,834,422	N/A	5.49%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)				12,834,422		5.49%

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
12,834,422	12,834,422	5.49%

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 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 11^th June 2015.

Annex to the standard form TR-1 [xviii]

a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, U.S.A.
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable[xix]:

Full name	Gareth Slade
Contact address	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

c)         Additional information

 

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