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]:
21st June 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified:
22nd June 2021
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holdings for BlackRock, Inc. have gone below 9%. Additionally, Holdings for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited moved below 6%
8. Notified details:
| A) Voting rights attached to shares |
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| 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] |
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| Number of Shares[ix] | Number of Voting rights[x] |
Number of shares[xi] |
Number of voting rights[xii] |
% of voting rights |
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| Direct | Direct[xiii] |
Indirect[xiv] |
Direct |
Indirect |
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| IE00B00MZ448 |
21,643,845 |
21,643,845 |
N/A |
N/A |
21,410,680 |
N/A |
8.95%
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| SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) |
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21,410,680 |
8.95% |
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| B) Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xv] |
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| 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 |
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SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) |
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| Total (A+B) |
number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
| 21,410,680 |
21,410,680 |
8.95% |
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 |
14,332,425 |
5.99% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors |
2,842,181 |
1.19% |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
2,340,180 |
0.98% |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
1,445,929 |
0.60% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
399,412 |
0.17% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
49,522 |
0.02% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
790 |
0.00% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
241 |
0.00% |
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 22nd June 2021.
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