Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
16 December 2005

Wolseley plc confirms that Mr C A Banks, Group Chief Executive, has today
increased his shareholding in the Company by 11,839 ordinary shares of 25p each.
He exercised the under-noted share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989
Executive Share Option Scheme and has retained all of the shares issued to him:

Director's Name        No. of options        Exercise price         Date of
                       exercised             per share (in pence)   transaction                                     
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Mr C. A. Banks         11,839                 543.00p               16.12.2005

Mr Banks now holds a total of 211,976 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital 
of the Company in his own name.




FURTHER INFORMATION:

Wolseley plc

Tel: [phone]
Guy Stainer - Head of Investor Relations
Mark White - Group Company Secretary and Counsel




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