Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
10 January 2006


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES AND CESSATION OF NOTIFIABLE INTEREST

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 legal entities / registered holder(s) and, if more than one
holder, the number of shares held by each of them, at 5 January 2006:

   7,302,245   Barclays Global Investors Ltd
     670,488   Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking
   5,097,135   Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
     111,965   Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd
      32,436   Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd
   1,915,568   Gerrard Limited
   1,673,009   Barclays Global Fund Advisors
      85,274   Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd
     842,110   Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
       6,908   Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd
         150   Barclays Capital Inc
      93,227   Barclays Capital Securities Ltd

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: not disclosed

6) Percentage of issued class: not disclosed

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: not disclosed

8) Percentage of issued class: not disclosed

9) Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction: 5 January 2006 and 6 January 2006

11) Date company informed: 10 January 2006

12) Total holding following this notification: 
17,830,515 on 5 January 2006 and not disclosed on 6 January 2006

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.01% on 5 January 2006; less than 3% on 6 January 2006

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, Group Company Secretary & Counsel

Date of notification:
10 January 2006


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