1st Jun 2021 12:08
Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/ECFinancial 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]:
28th May 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified:
31st May 2021
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holdings for BlackRock, Inc. have gone above 9%.
8. Notified details:
1.
1. 1. 1.
A) Voting rights attached to shares  | |||||||
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)  | Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii][viii]  | |||||
| Number of Shares[ix] | Number of Voting rights[x]  | Number of shares[xi]  | Number of voting rights[xii]  | % of voting rights  | |||
| Direct | Direct[xiii]  | Indirect[xiv]  | Direct  | Indirect  | |||
IE00B00MZ448  | 21,066,094  | 21,066,094  | N/A  | N/A  | 21,643,845  | N/A  | 9.04% 
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SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)  | 21,643,845  | 9.04%  | |||||
B) Financial Instruments  | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xv]  | ||||
Type of financial instrument  | Expiration Date[xvi]  | Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date[xvii]  | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted  | % of voting rights  | 
SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)  | ||||
Total (A+B)  | number of voting rights  | % of voting rights  | 
21,643,845  | 21,643,845  | 9.04%  | 
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  | 14,466,822  | 6.04%  | 
BlackRock Fund Advisors  | 2,849,260  | 1.19%  | 
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited  | 2,394,579  | 1.00%  | 
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association  | 1,467,798  | 0.61%  | 
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG  | 414,833  | 0.17%  | 
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited  | 49,522  | 0.02%  | 
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 31st May 2021.
Related Shares:
Grafton Group