Grafton Group

Director's Dealing • Mar 10, 2016

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Grafton Group PLC

10 March 2016

Notification of Transactions of (1) Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and (2) Persons closely associated with Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

This form is intended for use by an issuer making a notification required by Rules 7.2 and 7.3 of the Central Bank of Ireland's Market Abuse Rules in relation to a person falling within either of the above categories of individual. These categories are defined in Regulation 12 (8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 and are detailed as part of this form.

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1	Name of the Issuer Grafton Group plc	2	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities Paul Hampden Smith, Non-Executive Director
3	State whether notification relates to a person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities named in 2 and identify the connected person Notification relates to Sarah Jeannette Hampden Smith, spouse of Paul Hampden Smith	4	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 2 or 3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Direct holding of  person referred to in 3 above
5	Description of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them Grafton Units	6	Name of registered shareholder(s) and, if more than one, number of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them, held by each shareholder Sarah Jeannette Hampden Smith
7	State the nature of the transaction Purchase of Grafton Units	8	Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them acquired 14,726 Grafton Units
9	Number of shares, derivatives  or other financial instruments linked to them  disposed of Not applicable	10	Price per share or derivative or other financial instrument linked to them or value of transaction £6.719 on average from lowest £6.701 to highest £6.733
11	Date and place of transaction 9 and 10 March 2016	12	Date issuer informed of transaction 10 March 2016
13	Any additional information Not applicable	14	Name of contact and telephone number for queries Susan Lannigan Deputy Company Secretary Grafton Group plc Ph: +353 1 216 0600
	Person authorised on behalf of the issuer responsible for making the notification Susan Lannigan - Deputy Company Secretary - Grafton Group plc _____________________________________________ Date of notification - 10 March 2016

The following additional information is also disclosed by the issuer.

The issuer is not required to submit the information below to the Central Bank in respect of any PDMR who is also a director/secretary/connected persons.

15	Name of director or secretary (if not required to be stated in box 2) As per box 2	16	State whether the notification relates to a single transaction being notified in accordance with the Market Abuse Rules Acquisition of 14,726 Grafton Units in a series of transactions on 9 & 10 March 2016
17	Description of class of share Grafton Units	18	Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating  percentage) 0.006258%
19	Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating  percentage) Not applicable	20	Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 14,726 Grafton Units - 0.006258%

21	Date of grant Not applicable	22	Period during which or date on which it can be exercised Not applicable
23	Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option Not applicable	24	Description of shares involved (class and number) Not applicable
25	Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that the price is to be fixed at the time of exercise Not applicable	26	Total number of shares over which options are held following notification Not applicable
Name of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making notification Susan Lannigan - Deputy Company Secretary - Grafton Group plc _____________________________________________ Date of notification - 10 March 2016

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