Last checked at 28 Jan 2010 14:35
| TR - 1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Grafton Group plc | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate box): | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Other (please specify) | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | Invesco Limited | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Full name of shareholders(s) (if different from 3): | N/A | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 26 January 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Date on which issuer notified: | 28 January 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 4% | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Notified Details: | ||||||||||||||
| A: Voting Rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares (if possible using ISIN CODE) | Situation previous to the Triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| Number of shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of Voting Rights | % of Voting Rights | |||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
| IE00B00MZ448 | 6,694,420 | 6,694,420 | 9,330,721 | 4.04% | |||||||||||
| SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) | 6,694,420 | 6,694,420 | 9,330,721 | 4.04% | |||||||||||
| B: Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
| N/A | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL (A + B) | |||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
| 9,330,721 | 4.04% | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: N/A
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| Invesco Trimark Limited (Canada) - 8,424,332 AIM Advisors & AIM Funds Management Inc - 879,400 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd - 8,064 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 18,925 | |||||||||||||||
| Proxy Voting | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | In case of proxy voting: N/A | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Additional information | ||||||||||||||
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
the Irish Stock Exchange.