TIDMGFTU

RNS Number : 8474R

Grafton Group PLC

09 November 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] : 

05(th) November 2021

   6.         Date on which issuer notified: 

09(th) November 2021

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

Holdings for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited moved below 5%.

   8.         Notified details: 
 
 A) Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type         Situation previous            Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of shares          to the Triggering             transaction[vii] [viii] 
  (if possible       transaction [vi] 
  using the 
  ISIN CODE) 
                   ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                    Number           Number       Number           Number of voting               % of voting 
                     of Shares[ix]    of Voting    of shares[xi]    rights[xii]                    rights 
                                      rights[x] 
                   ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------------ 
                                                  Direct           Direct[xiii]   Indirect[xiv]   Direct   Indirect 
                   ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------------  --------------  -------  --------- 
 IE00B00MZ448       18,966,080       18,966,080   N/A              N/A            18,866,053      N/A      7.88% 
                   ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------------  --------------  -------  --------- 
 SUBTOTAL 
  A (based 
  on aggregate 
  voting rights)                                                   18,866,053                     7.88% 
                   ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 B) Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xv] 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument          Date[xvi]    Period/ Date[xvii]    rights that               rights 
                                                         may be acquired 
                                                         if the instrument 
                                                         is exercised/converted 
                    -----------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
                                  SUBTOTAL B 
                                   (in relation 
                                   to all expiration 
                                   dates) 
                                 --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B)   number of voting   % of voting rights 
                rights 
 18,866,053    18,866,053         7.88% 
              -----------------  ------------------- 
 

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                                  11,966,870      4.99% 
                                          --------------  ------ 
 BlackRock Fund Advisors                   3,082,817       1.29% 
                                          --------------  ------ 
 BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited           1,928,159       0.81% 
                                          --------------  ------ 
 BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, 
  National Association                     1,424,262       0.60% 
                                          --------------  ------ 
 BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland 
  AG                                       394,890         0.16% 
                                          --------------  ------ 
 BlackRock Asset Management Canada 
  Limited                                  68,024          0.03% 
                                          --------------  ------ 
 

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 09(th) November 2021.

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