Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6005O

Wolseley PLC

10 March 2009

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Wolseley PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights  [see note(13)]			No
Other (please specify):____Movement in Direct Holdings only_______			Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Standard Life Investments Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Vidacos Nominees
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	6 March 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 March 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Share	below 3%	below 3%	25,498,936	25,498,936	-	3.852%	-

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
25,498,936	3.852%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Standard Life Investments Ltd

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	N/A
14 Contact name:	Alison Drew
15. Contact telephone number:	0118 929 8700

 

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