Grainger PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0660U)

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RNS Number : 0660U

Grainger PLC

12 January 2017

Grainger plc

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Grainger plc announces that further to the announcement made on 13 December 2016 and pursuant to the Grainger 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan, that in respect of the shares that vested on 9 December 2016, the following sale of ordinary shares by Nick Jopling took place on 10 January 2017 at a price of 240.1p in order to fund the resulting tax liability. Grainger plc was notified of this transaction on 11 January 2017.

 
 Executive Director    Shares Sold 
 Nick Jopling               30,276 
 
 

Arrangements are in hand to transfer the remaining shares that vested and were not sold from the Grainger plc Employee Benefits Trust to the Executive Director.

The total shareholding of Nick Jopling after this transaction is:-

 
 Executive          Holding prior   Holding following           Percentage 
  Director        to notification        notification    holding following 
                                                              notification 
--------------  -----------------  ------------------  ------------------- 
 Nick Jopling             860,148             829,872                0.20% 
--------------  -----------------  ------------------  ------------------- 
 

For and on behalf of Grainger plc

Adam McGhin

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

12 January 2017

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