Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
17 July 2002


17 July 2002

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Barclays PLC

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non- beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18:

In respect of the above holder.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:

121,585                                       Barclays Capital Securities Ltd

265,910                                       Barclays Private Bank Ltd

7,252                                         Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd

1,027,271                                     Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd

161,720                                       Barclays Global Fund Advisors

192,037                                       Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd

7,061,684                                     Barclays Global Investors, N.A.

8,167,104                                     Barclays Global Investors Ltd

386,003                                       Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

not notified

6) Percentage of issued class:

not notified

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

Nil

8) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

10 July 2002

11) Date company informed:

17 July 2002

12) Total holding following this notification:

17,390,566

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

3.01%

14) Any additional information:



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mark J. White - 0118 929 8700

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification:

Mark J White, Company Secretary

Date of notification:

17 July 2002

END


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