Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0902R

Wolseley PLC

24 April 2009

 



TR-1:   notification 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 GB00B5ZN3P43
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	No
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	Yes
Other (please specify):_ ____________	No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	UBS Global Asset Management -Traditional
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	UBS AG  UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) Ltd  UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co  UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH  UBS Global Asset Management (France) S.A.  UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd  UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd   UBS Global Asset Management Life Ltd  UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	21 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5.52%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the 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		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD GBP 0.10	5,411,088	5,411,088	15,672,911	1,223,493	14,449,418	0.43%	5.09%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
-	-	-	-	-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
15,672,911	5.52%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
UBS AG - 22,019 - 0.01% UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd - 10,963,600 - 3.86% UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc - 1,706,769 - 0.60% UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland)GmbH - 187,793 - 0.07% UBS Global Asset Management (France) S.A. - 130,035 - 0.05% UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd - 524,489 - 0.18% UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company - 397,631 - 0.14% UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) Ltd - 4,165 - 0.00% UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co - 512,917 - 0.18% UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited - 1,223,493 - 0.43%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	UBS Global Asset Management on behalf of a number of Asset Management clients
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

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

 

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