Additional Listing

Wolseley PLC
08 October 2007





                          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 2,625,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each
('shares') to be admitted to the Official List.

It is expected that admission will be granted on 9 October 2007 and trading will
commence on 10 October 2007.

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

                          Schemes                                  Shares
Wolseley Irish Sharesave Scheme 2000                                    25,000
Wolseley Employees Savings Related                                     600,000
Share Option Scheme 1981
Wolseley Share Option Plan 2003                                      2,000,000

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




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