Grainger PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Jun 1, 2016

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RNS Number : 8595Z

Grainger PLC

01 June 2016

Grainger plc (the "Company")

TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN SHARES

Grainger plc has received notification of interest in the ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company as shown below:

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Grainger plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Type 1 disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation			ü
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Schroders plc
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		27.05.16
6. Date on which issuer notified:		31.05.16
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		From 15% - 14%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction					Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares			Number of voting rights					% of  voting rights x
Direct			Direct xi		Indirect xii			Direct	Indirect
	78,787,874		66,572,469			73,923,765			N/A		62,108,360			N/A	14.902%
Ordinary GB00B04V1276
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv						Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
												Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights							Percentage of voting rights
62,108,360							14.902%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Schroder & Co. Limited                                                                208,540               0.050% Schroder Investment Management Limited                                 59,166,009          14.196% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited         2,733,811             0.656%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 416,785,304.
14. Contact name:	Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 207 658 6000

Adam McGhin

Group Counsel and Company Secretary

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