Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0747U

Wolseley PLC

20 December 2012

 



 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Capital Guardian Trust Company Capital Research and Management Company
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	18 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	19 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Holding has gone above 3%

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	Direct	Indirect
JE00B8N69M54	7,906,988	7,906,988	N/A	8,364,048	N/A	8,364,048	N/A	3.0526%

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
8,364,048	3.0526%

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

Capital Guardian Trust Company - 1,400,064 (0.511%) Capital Research and Management Company - 6,963,984 (2.542%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	The Capital Group of Companies, Inc ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CMRC"). CRMC is a US-based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds.  CGC is also the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies:  Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sarl and Capital International K.K. Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Wolseley plc for its own account. The shares reported on this notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.
14. Contact name:	Graham Middlemiss
15. Contact telephone number:	0118 929 8700

 

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