Acquisition Update

Wolseley PLC
13 February 2007


                                  NEWS RELEASE
                                13 February 2007


                                  Wolseley plc
                              Acquisitions Update
£13 million spent on four acquisitions taking total for bolt on acquisitions for
                        the year to date to £342 million



Wolseley plc, the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and
heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building
materials, announced today four further bolt on acquisitions for an aggregate
consideration of £13 million. In a full year, these bolt on acquisitions are
expected to add approximately £29 million to total revenue.

Since the beginning of the financial year on 1 August 2006, a total of 33 bolt
on acquisitions in Europe and North America have been completed for an aggregate
consideration of approximately £342 million. These 33 acquisitions are expected
to add approximately £590 million to Group revenue in a full year. Goodwill and
intangible assets related to these acquisitions is estimated to be around £225
million. In addition, on 25 September 2006, Wolseley plc completed the
acquisition of DT Group (formerly known as Danske Traelast) for an estimated
consideration of £1,353 million, which brings aggregate acquisition spend for
the year to £1,695 million.


North America

On 5 February 2007, Ferguson acquired the assets of Grif-Fab Corporation
('Grif-Fab') from members of the McVey family. Grif-Fab is a distributor and
fabricator of fire protection systems with three locations in Colorado, Arizona
and New Mexico. In the year ended 30 November 2006, Grif-Fab had revenue of
$28.3 million (£14.5 million) and gross assets of $6.9 million (£3.6 million) at
that date.

Europe

On 15 January 2007, DT Group acquired the outstanding 60% of Superbyg Kalaallit
Nunaat A/S ('SKN'), which it did not previously own, from Pisiffik A/S. SKN is a
builders' merchant with locations in five cities in Greenland. In the year ended
30 June 2006, SKN had total revenue of DKK106.2 million (£9.4 million) and gross
assets of DKK60.1 million (£5.3 million) at that date.

On 1 February 2007, DT Group acquired the assets of Jarn och Tra Orust AB
('JTO') from Animonhus AB. JTO is a Swedish builders' merchant based in Orust,
the second largest island in the west coast archipelago. In the year ended 31
December 2005, JTO had revenue of SEK40.2 million (£2.9 million) and gross
assets of SEK8.8 million (£0.6 million) at that date.

On 1 February 2007, Wolseley France acquired SA Escaffre & Fils and Eurl Espace
Carrelages ('Escaffre') from Escaffre Developpment. Escaffre is a generalist
builders' merchant and ceramic tiles specialist based in Albi, south of France.
In the year ended 31 December 2005, Escaffre had revenue of €9.1 million (£6.0
million) and gross assets of €3.5 million (£2.3 million) at that date.


The divisional split of the total acquisition spend since 1 August 2006 is:

Division                          No. of Acquisitions            Spend
                                                                £ Million

Europe                                      16                       89
North America                               17                      253
TOTAL BOLT ONS                              33                      342
Acquisition of DT Group                      1                    1,353
TOTAL ACQUISITION SPEND                     34                    1,695


Chip Hornsby, Group Chief Executive of Wolseley said:

'Our aim is to continue to grow the business through organic means and from good
quality acquisitions. These four deals support that aim.'


ENQUIRIES:

Guy Stainer                                             [phone]
Head of Investor Relations                              [phone]

John English                                            [phone]
Vice President, Investor Relations, North America       [phone]

Brunswick                                               [phone]
Andrew Fenwick
Nina Coad


Exchange Rates

The following exchange rate has been used for the acquisitions noted above:
£1 = $1.95, £1 = €1.51, £1 = DKK11.25, £1 = SEK13.67


Certain statements included in this announcement may be forward-looking and may
involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward looking
statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections
relating to results of operations and financial conditions and the Company's
plans and objectives for future operations including, without limitation,
discussions of the Company's business and financial plans, expected future
revenues and expenditures, investments and disposals, risks associated with
changes in economic conditions, the strength of the plumbing and heating and
building materials market in North America and Europe, fluctuations in product
prices and changes in exchange and interest rates. All forward-looking
statements in this respect are based upon information known to the Company on
the date of this announcement. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. It is not reasonably possible to
itemise all of the many factors and events that could cause the Company's
forward-looking statements to be incorrect or that could otherwise have a
material adverse effect on the future operations or results of the Company.


Notes to Editors

Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and
heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building
materials in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group revenue for the
year ended 31 July 2006 was approximately £14.2 billion and operating profit,
before amortisation of acquired intangibles, was £882 million. Wolseley has
around 79,000 employees operating in 28 countries namely: UK, USA, France,
Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic,
Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Slovak Republic,
Poland, Romania, Croatia, San Marino, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago,
Mexico, Barbados and Greenland. Wolseley is listed on the London and New York
Stock Exchanges (LSE: WOS, NYSE: WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed
companies.

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