Additional Listing

Wolseley PLC
26 September 2003


26 September 2003

                          Wolseley plc ('the Company')
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Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority and the London
Stock Exchange Plc for a total of 6,000,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each
('shares') to be admitted to the Official List.


It is expected that admission will be granted on 30 September 2003 and trading
will commence on 1 October 2003


These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued
pursuant to the following schemes:

                            Schemes                                     Shares

Wolseley Executive Share Option Scheme 1984                            100,000
Wolseley Executive Share Option Scheme 1989                          1,375,000
Wolseley Employees Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1981          1,000,000
Wolseley Irish Sharesave Scheme 2000                                    25,000
Wolseley Employee Share Purchase Plan 2001                           2,000,000
Wolseley International Stock Appreciation Plan                       1,500,000


When issued these shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares.


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