Last checked at 27 Jul 2009 15:14
| 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: | Investec Asset Management Limited | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Full name of shareholders(s) (if different from 3): | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 24 February 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Date on which issuer notified: | 27 July 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 6,224,881 | 6,224,881 | 7,312,411 | Nil | 7,312,411 | Nil | 3.17% | |||||||||
| SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) | 7,312,411 | 7,312,411 | 3.17% | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 7,312,411 | 3.17% | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Investec Asset Management Limited | |||||||||||||||
| Proxy Voting | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | In case of proxy voting: [name of proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date]. (N//A) | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Additional information | Done at London, 22 July 2009 | ||||||||||||||
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
the Irish Stock Exchange.