Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
19 September 2005


19 September 2005

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Lloyds TSB Group 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:

       10,105,911   Lloyds TSB Private Banking
       12,303,347   Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
        2,023,806   Lloyds TSB Jersey Offshore
              200   Lloyds TSB Registrars

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:

Nil

8) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed:

19 September 2005

12) Total holding following this notification:

24,433,264

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

4.12%

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 and Counsel

Date of notification:

19 September 2005

END


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