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Wolseley PLC 30 July 2004 Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons 1 Name of company: Wolseley plc 2 Name of director: Nigel Stein 3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest: The director named above 4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified): Nigel Stein 5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): n/a 6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary: Share Purchase 7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 1,000 8 Percentage of issued class: 0.0001% 9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: nil 10 Percentage of issued class: n/a 11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25 pence each 12 Price per share: 857.89p 13 Date of transaction: 30 July 2004 14 Date Company informed: 30 July 2004 15 Total holding following this notification: 2,500 16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 0.0004% 17 Contact name for queries: M J White, Company Secretary 18 Contact telephone number: 0118 929 8700 19 Name of company official responsible for making notification: M J White Additional Information: ends. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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