| SCHEDULE 5 BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN To: Listing Applications Irish Stock Exchange Please ensure the entries on this return are typed | 1. | Name of applicant: Grafton Group plc | | 2. | Name of scheme: Grafton Units | | 3. | Period of return: From: 21 June 2012 to: 20 December 2012 | | 4. | Balance under scheme from previous return: | 2,269,472 | | 5. | The amount by which the block scheme has been increased, if the scheme has been increased since the date of the last return: | N/A | | 6. | Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period: | 0 | | 7. | Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 2,269,472 | | 8. | Number and class of shares originally listed and the date of admission; | 231,998,613 | | 9. | Total number of shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue at the end of the period: | 231,998,613 | | Name of contact: | Bernadette Hyland | | Address of contact: | Grafton Group plc, Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18 | | Telephone number of contact: | 00353-1-2160600 | |