Director/PDMR Shareholding

27 January 2011

Grainger plc Director Shareholdings

Under the terms of the Grainger plc 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan, the executives directors of Grainger plc were granted the following conditional nil cost share options on 26 November 2010.

Director Number of nil cost options

Andrew Cunningham 800,677Peter Couch 364,858Nick Jopling 383,094Mark Greenwood 285,863

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1,834,092 _________

In addition, on the same day under the terms of company's approved share option scheme, each of the above directors were awarded 31,772 conditional share options at a price of 94.42p each.

For andon behalf of Grainger plc

M P Windle

Assistant Company Secretary