30 July 2010

Grafton Group plc (the 'Company') Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007, the Company announces that:

The total number of Ordinary Shares of €0.05 each in issue as at the date of this notice is 231,853,379.  Each Ordinary Share carries one vote.  The Company holds 500,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 231,353,379.

The above figure of 231,353,379 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 and the Transparency Rules.

Susan Carroll

Deputy Company Secretary

Grafton Group plc

Ph: +353 1 216 0600

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

the Irish Stock Exchange.