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Completion of Acquisition of Mercaluz

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Completion of Acquisition of Mercaluz

1 May 2026

Grafton Group plc ("Grafton" or "the Group"), is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement on 19 March 2026, it completed the acquisition of Componentes Eléctricos Mercaluz, S.A., Mercaluz Hogar, S.L.U., EAS Electric Smart Technology, S.L.U. and Mercaluz Canarias, S.L.U.  (together "Mercaluz") on 30 April 2026.

Mercaluz is a family-founded Spanish group that is predominantly a distributor of domestic and commercial air conditioning equipment and some white goods and home appliances to professional SME installers, with c.10,500 customers in 2025.  

This acquisition reinforces Grafton's position in the fast-growing Iberian HVAC market and and is a further step in the Group's ambition to build a significant business distributing construction related products and solutions in Iberia, following the acquisition of Salvador Escoda in October 2024. 

Commenting on the acquisition, Eric Born, CEO of Grafton Group plc said today:

"We are very pleased to have completed the acquisition of Mercaluz.  We look forward to working with the management team and colleagues to support the development and ongoing organic expansion of the Mercaluz brand in the fragmented Iberian marketplace".

Ends

For further information please contact:

Investors

Media

Grafton Group plc

+353 1 216 0600

Murray

pwalsh@murraygroup.ie

Eric Born

Chief Executive Officer

Pat Walsh

+353 1 498 0300/+353 87 226 9345

David Arnold

Chief Financial Officer

Burson

Buchanan

Helen Tarbet

Simon Compton

Toto Berger

GraftonGroup@buchanancomms.co.uk

+44 (0) 7872 604 453

+44 (0) 7979 497 324

+44 (0) 7880 680 403



About Grafton

Grafton Group plc is a European multinational distributor of construction related products and solutions comprising four geographic segments serving the Island of Ireland, Great Britain, Northern Europe and Iberia.  In our Irish home market, we also operate the leading home improvement retailer.

Trading from c. 470 branches with c.10,000 colleagues, the Group's portfolio of market leading, trusted brands includes:

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Island of Ireland: Chadwicks Group, Woodie's and MacBlair

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Great Britain: Selco, Leyland SDM, T.G. Lynes, CPI EuroMix and StairBox

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Northern Europe: Isero / Polvo (Netherlands) and IKH (Finland)

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Iberia: Salvador Escoda and now Mercaluz

For further information visit www.graftonplc.com

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