Analyst and Investor Meeting

Wolseley PLC
01 February 2006

                                  Wolseley plc
                          Analyst and Investor Meeting

Wolseley plc, the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and
heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building
materials, is today hosting a meeting for analysts and investors.

Following the FTSE's decision to move Wolseley from the Construction and
Building Materials sector to the Support Services sector, Wolseley will be
hosting a teach-in for analysts and investors who are unfamiliar with the
company but would like to know more.

The meeting will be held today at UBS, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2 commencing
with coffee at 13:45 with the presentation starting at 14:00. A live audio cast
and slide presentation of this event will be available at 14:00 UK time on
www.wolseley.com

For further details please contact Margaret Nunn, Wolseley Investor Relations at
([e-mail]) or by telephoning [phone].

No material new information will be disclosed in the presentation and there will
be no statement on current trading.



ENQUIRIES:

Investors/Analysts:

Guy Stainer 0118 929 8744
Head of Investor Relations 07739 778 187


Notes to Editors

Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and
heating products and a leading supplier of building materials to professional
contractors in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group sales for the
year ended 31 July 2005 were approximately £11.3 billion and operating profit,
before amortisation of intangibles, was £708 million. Wolseley has around 63,000
employees operating in 14 countries namely: UK, USA, France, Canada, Ireland,
Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium,
Luxembourg and Denmark. Wolseley is listed on the London and New York Stock
Exchanges (LSE: WOS.L, NYSE: WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed
companies.

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