RNS Number : 3308F
Grafton Group PLC
16 May 2017
 

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)i


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

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

[  ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

[  ] Other (please specify)iii:

 

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :

Name:

Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC

City and country of registered office (if applicable):

Wilmington, U.S.A.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:

AIB Bank, Dublin

Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt Am Main

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London

State Street Bank and Trust Company, London

The Northern Trust Company, London

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

15 May 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16 May 2017

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

Below 8%

8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:


% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)

Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

7.99%


7.99%

236,298,617

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8.04%


8.04%


 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

 

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

 

IE00B00MZ448


18,886,930


7.99%

 






 






 

SUBTOTAL A


18,886,930


7.99%

 


 

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 

 

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
datex

Exercise/
Conversion Periodxi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

% of voting rights

 






 






 






 



SUBTOTAL B.1



 


 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations

 

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
datex

Exercise/
Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

 







 







 







 




SUBTOTAL B.2



 

 

 

 

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):

 

[X] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii

 

[ ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv:

 

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold






















11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

 

 


12. Additional informationxvi:

 

Done at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. on 16 May 2017.


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