Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
09 February 2007


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Legal & General 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:

 22,700,719   Legal & General Group Plc / Legal & General Insurance Holdings
              Limited and Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)
              Limited

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

6) Percentage of issued class:
not applicable

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not applicable

8) Percentage of issued class:
Not applicable

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

9 February 2007

11) Date company informed:

9 February 2007

12) Total holding following this notification:

22,700,719

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

3.44%

14) Any additional information:

Initial disclosure under new Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Previous notification under s.198 Companies Act 1985 made on 19 March 2002 at
3%.

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:

9 February 2007


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