Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
29 June 2006

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd, FMR Corp, Fidelity International Limited and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries including Fidelity Pension Management and
Fidelity Investment Services Limited.

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 registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:

      8,281,336   JP Morgan, Bournemouth
        479,761   Northern Trust London
        168,562   Bank of New York, Brussels
         29,795   State Street Bank & Trust Co London (S
        270,300   Bank of New York - Europe Ldn
      9,833,723   Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux
         26,500   BNP Paribas, Paris (C)
         40,370   Brown Bros Harriman and Co
         34,300   BNP Paribas, Paris
         87,952   CDC Finance

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:
nil

9) Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:
Not disclosed.

11) Date company informed:
29 June 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:
19,252,599

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.221%

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

Date of notification:
29 June 2006



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