Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
04 November 2005



4 November 2005

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS / PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILTIES AND CONNECTED PERSONS



The following options over ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the capital of
the Company have been granted to the following Executive Directors and Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibilities at a price of 1185 pence per share:

Director's name    No. of options granted    Date of grant    Total number of 
                                                              shares over which
                                                              options held
                                                              following this
                                                              notification
                                                              (granted at 
                                                              various option
                                                              prices and on 
                                                              various dates)


C. A. Banks        138,010                   03.11.05         1,353,602
A. Barden           36,279                   04.11.05           178,803
F. N. Hord          68,474                   03.11.05           396,673
C. A. S. Hornsby   117,179                   03.11.05           429,733
R. H. Marchbank     62,869                   03.11.05           252,064
S. P. Webster       90,189                   04.11.05           521,611
M. J. White         20,675                   04.11.05            80,696



These options have been granted under the Wolseley Share Option Plan 2003 which
was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 21 November
2003 and which requires the satisfaction of corporate performance criteria 
before the options become capable of exercise.  The options have been granted
without the benefit of any retesting and will, therefore, lapse if the
performance criteria have not been met upon maturity of the awards in
November 2008.



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