Grafton Group

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 19, 2015

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RNS Number : 6951N

Grafton Group PLC

19 May 2015

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]:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]:

15/05/2015

6.         Date on which issuer notified;

19/05/2015

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 3%

8.         Notified details:

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]
Number of Shares[viii]	Number of Voting rights[ix]	Number of shares[x]	Number of voting rights[xi]		% of voting rights
Direct	Direct[xii]	Indirect[xiii]	Direct	Indirect
IE00B00MZ448	7,096,914	7,096,914	Below 3%	Below 3%	Below 3%	Below 3%	Below 3%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	7,096,914	7,096,914	Below 3%	Below 3%		Below 3%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date[xv]	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date[xvi]	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
	Below 3%	Below 3%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable[xvii]:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. ("Ameriprise") is the ultimate parent company of certain investment advisory subsidiaries which manage funds and accounts holding shares of Grafton Group PLC and accordingly have voting authority with respect to such shares.  Direct and indirect subsidiaries of Ameriprise include Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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 Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station Road, Swindon SN1 1HH on 19/05/2015

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