Further re ADR Programme

Wolseley PLC
31 May 2001


                                 WOLSELEY PLC

                                ADR PROGRAMME


                                 31 May 2001



Further to the announcement on 1 May 2001 concerning the listing of an
American Depositary Receipt ('ADR') programme on the New York Stock Exchange
('NYSE'), Wolseley is pleased to confirm that trading of its ADRs on NYSE
commenced at 9.30 a.m. in New York today.



                                  ENQUIRIES:

                    Steve Webster - Group Finance Director

                    Wolseley plc - Telephone [phone]

                  Tom Wyatt/Peter Otero - Financial Dynamics

                           Telephone [phone]

                               www.wolseley.com