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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GRIFFON CORP [GFF] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 WEST STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/19-04:00/2018 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10282 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 06/19-04:00/2018   S   5,583,375 (2) (3) D $ 17.055 649,296 I See footnotes (1) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GS Direct, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282

Signatures

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		06/21-04:00/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		06/21-04:00/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		06/21-04:00/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs") and GS Direct, L.L.C. ("GS Direct", and together with GS Group and Goldman Sachs, the "Reporting Persons"). The Reporting Persons each disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, if any.
(2)	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 Griffon Corporation (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. GS Direct sold an aggregate of 4,855,109 shares of Common Stock. Goldman Sachs was one of the underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement.
(3)	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.
(4)	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.

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