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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0000769993-18-000400
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2018-06-21 19:24:13
Reporting Period:: 2018-06-19

Accepted Time:: 2018-06-21 19:24:13
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
50725	Griffon Corp	GFF	Metal Doors, Sash, Frames, Moldings & Trim (3442)	111893410

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1447253	J. Bradley Gross	C/O Goldman Sachs &Amp; Co. Llc 200 West Street New York NY 10282		No	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Disposition	2018-06-19	5,583,375	$17.06	649,296	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes

Footnotes

The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any. Effective June 19, 2018, the Reporting Person resigned from the board of directors of Griffon Corporation (the "Company").
Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated June 14, 2018 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company, pursuant to the final prospectus supplement dated June 14, 2018, which offering was consummated on June 19, 2018 (the "Registered Public Offering"), the underwriters purchased shares of Common Stock from the selling shareholder, GS Direct, L.L.C. ("GS Direct"). GS Direct sold an aggregate of 4,855,109 shares of Common Stock in the Registered Public Offering. Goldman Sachs was one of the underwriters in the Underwriting Agreement.
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and in connection with the Registered Public Offering, the underwriters exercised their option (the "Over-Allotment Option") to purchase additional shares of Common Stock from the selling shareholder, GS Direct. On June 19, 2018, the Over-Allotment Option was consummated and in connection with such sale to the underwriters, GS Direct sold an additional 728,266 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of the Over-Allotment Option.
Following the sale of shares by GS Direct, Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 649,296 shares of Common Stock and Goldman Sachs also had open short positions of 558,825 shares of Common Stock, reflecting changes due to exempt transactions.