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18/03/2025 17:30

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RNS Number : 1836B  Grafton Group PLC  18 March 2025

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 : 12/03/2025

6.         Date on which issuer notified: 13/03/2025

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

Holdings for BlackRock, Inc. have gone above 6%.

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  (#_edn7)  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                                            N/A                          11,784,424                   N/A                   N/A              11,872,986       N/A              6.02%
 SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)                                                                                           11,872,986                        6.02%

 

 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  % of voting rights
                                                                                                       exercised/converted

                                                     SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

 

 Total (A+B)  number of voting rights  % of voting rights
 11,872,986   11,872,986               6.02%

 

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if
applicable xviii  (#_edn18) :

 

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                 5,529,021      2.80%
 BlackRock Fund Advisors                                      2,922,105      1.48%
 BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited                              1,569,292      0.79%
 BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association  1,432,582      0.72%
 BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG                    348,578        0.17%
 BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited                    66,918         0.03%
 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.                         3,700          0.00%
 BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited          790            0.00%

 

 

10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease
to hold  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:number voting rights as of  date .

11.       Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 13 March 2025

 

 

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