Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
18 December 2006

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS / PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILTIES AND CONNECTED PERSONS


Wolseley plc announces that the following transactions over ordinary shares of
25 pence each in the capital of the Company have taken place as follows:

(a) Share transactions by Mr Frank W Roach
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Mr Frank W Roach, who is responsible for the Company's US North American
businesses, increased his shareholding in the Company on 18 December 2008 by
7,839 ordinary shares.

He exercised the under-noted share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989
Executive Share Option Scheme and has retained all such shares issued to him. He
has also sold 4,000 ordinary shares at 1247 pence per share.

Director's Name  No. of options    Exercise price   No. of shares   Date of
                 exercised         per share        acquired        acquisition
                                                    in pence)                                
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Mr F W Roach       11,839            543.00          11,839          18.12.06



(b) Dividend reinvestment
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The following share purchases have been made under the dividend reinvestment
arrangements for shares held in ADRs under the US Employee Share Purchase Plan
of which notification was received from the Plan administrator today:


Director's Name         No. of ADRs purchased         Purchase price per
                                                      ADR in US$
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Fenton N Hord              19.088                     24.7247

Claude A S Hornsby         19.088                     24.7247

Robert H Marchbank         19.096                     24.7247

Frank W Roach              19.10                      24.7247


As a result of the above transactions, Mr Hord now holds 91,489 ordinary shares
in the Company, Mr Hornsby now holds 57,728 ordinary shares in the Company, Mr
Marchbank now holds 26,481 ordinary shares in the Company and Mr Roach now holds
35,376 ordinary shares in the Company.



FURTHER INFORMATION:


Wolseley plc
Tel: [phone]

Mark J White - Group Company Secretary & Counsel
Guy Stainer - Head of Investor Relations






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