Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1388L
Grafton Group PLC
08 January 2021
 

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] :

See Section 9

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

07th January 2021

6.  Date on which issuer notified:

08th January 2021

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

Holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited have gone below 6%. Notification made as a result of the completion of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

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][viii]

Number of Shares[ix]

Number of Voting rights[x]

Number of shares[xi]

Number of voting rights[xii]

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct[xiii]

Indirect[xiv]

Direct

Indirect

IE00B00MZ448

20,861,742

20,861,742

N/A

N/A

20,591,987

N/A

8.61%

SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)

 

 

 

20,591,987

8.61%

 

B) Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xv]

Type of financial instrument

Expiration Date[xvi]

Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date[xvii]

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

20,591,987

20,591,987

8.61%

 

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

 

Each of the following entities, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc., hold the following interests in voting rights in their capacity as Investment Manager on behalf of clients:

 

 

Investment Manager

Voting Rights

%

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

14,159,503

5.92%

BlackRock Fund Advisors

2,667,007

1.12%

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

2,099,359

0.88%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

1,586,646

0.66%

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

49,219

0.02%

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

29,211

0.01%

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

790

0.00%

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

252

0.00%

 

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. 08th January 2021.

 

 

 

 

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