Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5529V

Wolseley PLC

18 April 2016

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs") IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 ⁵³/₆₆p EACH IN THE COMPANY ("Shares")

Wolseley Share Option Plan 2003 ("ESOP 2003"), The Wolseley Group Share Option Plan 2010 ("ESOP 2010") and The Wolseley Group Executive Share Option Plan 2012 ("ESOP 2012") (together, "the Plans")

On 18 April 2016, the Company was notified that on 18 April 2016, the following PDMRs exercised options and disposed of Shares. The table below shows the number of options exercised, the price at which the options were exercised and the number of Shares sold on 18 April 2016. The price for the Shares sold was 3,857.569 pence per Share.

Director and PDMR	Plan	Date of Grant	Option price per share	No. of options exercised	No. of Shares sold
Ian Meakins	ESOP 2003	06.11.09	1,269p	152,679	152,679
John Martin	ESOP 2012	18.12.12	2,796p	40,582	34,785
Frank Roach	ESOP 2010	09.12.10	1,855p	51,112	51,112
	ESOP 2010	15.11.11	1,879p	59,246	57,537
	ESOP 2012	18.12.12	2,796p	2,264	1,646

These disclosures are made pursuant to the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R. The transactions took place in the UK and the Shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Date of notification: 18 April 2016

Enquiries:

Graham Middlemiss, Group Company Secretary

(00 41 41 723 2230)