Additional Listing

Wolseley PLC
27 September 2005





                          Wolseley plc ('the Company')

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Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority and the London
Stock Exchange Plc for a total of 7,000,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each
('shares') to be admitted to the Official List.



It is expected that admission will be granted on 29 September 2005 and trading
will commence on 30 September 2005.



These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued
pursuant to the following schemes:


              Schemes                                                  Shares
Wolseley Irish Sharesave Scheme 2000                                      50,000
Wolseley Employees Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1981              500,000
Wolseley International Stock Appreciation Plan                         1,400,000
Wolseley Employee Share Purchase Plan 2001                             1,450,000
Wolseley Executive Share Option Scheme 1989                            3,600,000

When issued these shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares.






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