Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2044V

Wolseley PLC

10 December 2013

Notification of transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Wolseley plc (the "Company") announces the following changes in the interests in the ordinary shares of 10 ⁵³/₆₆ pence each in the share capital of the Company (the "Shares").

Following receipt by the Company of applications from employees relating to the exercise of options under the Wolseley Group Share Option Plan 2010 (the "Plan"), the Company chose to net settle certain of the options by delivering Shares with a market value equal to the settlement value of the options (being the difference between the option price and the market value of the option shares).

The following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility exercised options under the Plan on 9 December 2013. The table below shows the number of options exercised, the total Shares received following net settlement and the number of Shares transacted on 9 December 2013.

The Shares vesting under the Plan were exercised at an option price of £18.55 per Share. The price for the disposal of Shares was 3,138.9 pence.

Director/PDMR	No. of options exercised	Total Shares following net settlement	No. of Shares disposed	Total holding of ordinary Shares as at 9 December 2013 following transaction	Shareholding as percentage of the issued ordinary share capital
STEPHEN ASHMORE (PDMR)	16,415	6,714	6,714	7,011	0.003%
JOHN MARTIN (Director)	35,805	14,645	6,908	60,382	0.023%
IAN MEAKINS (Director)	98,493	40,286	19,001	152,265	0.057%
CHARLES MORRISON (PDMR)	17,017	7,916	7,916	11,745	0.004%
FRANK ROACH (Director)	3,411	1,395	0	53,702	0.020%