Director Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
01 April 2005


Notification under the Listing Rules - Directors - Shares - Rule 16.3 (c)


Wolseley plc confirms that Mr C A Banks, Group Chief Executive, has today
increased his shareholding in the Company by 34,874 ordinary shares. He has
exercised the under-noted share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989
Executive Share Option Scheme:

Director's No. of options  Exercise price per    Total no. of      Date of
Name       exercised       share (in pence)      shares acquired   acquisition

Mr C. A.    15,185                397.00            34,874         01.04.2005
Banks       19,689                349.75
             

Mr Banks has retained all of the shares issued to him and now holds a total of
183,485 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company in his own
name.

For further details:

Wolseley plc                                                 0118 929 8700
M J White, Group Company Secretary & Counsel


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