SAR - Heiton Holdings Plc

Grafton Group PLC
18 May 2001

FORM SAR 6

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

Lodge with the Irish Stock Exchange (Company Announcements Office) (which will
publicise) and with the Panel. A copy must also be sent to the company the
voting securities of which (or the rights over the voting securities of which)
are acquired.

Date of disclosure..18 May 2001

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 6 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

ACT, 1997 (SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION) RULES, 1997 ('SARs')


Date of acquisition........18 May 2001

Acquisition in.....Heiton Holdings Plc.....(name of company)



(1) Class of voting securities Number of rights over If rights over voting

voting securities acquired securities acquired as

opposed to the

securities themselves

specify nature of rights

..Ordinary Shares. 2,420,480 Securities

(2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage

of voting securities(and % of rights over voting

of total voting securities securities (and % of total

in issue) voting securities in issue)

.9,467,291......(18.776%) .....(%) .............(18.776%)



(3) Party making disclosure....Grafton Group Plc

 4. (a) Name of person acquiring securities or rights over securities

............Weeksbury Limited

and, if different, beneficial owner...Grafton Group Plc

(b) Names of any other persons acting by

agreement or understanding (see SAR 3) ....



Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above..Colm O'Nuallain

(Also print name of signatory)....Colm O'Nuallain

Telephone and extension number......01 2160600............