Director Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
05 November 2004


Wolseley plc - Directors' Share Option Award

5 November 2004

Notification under the Listing Rules - Directors - Rule 16.13 (c)

The following options over ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the capital of
the Company have been granted to the following executive directors at a price of
949 pence per share:

Director's name   No. of options    Date of grant  Total number of shares over 
                  granted                          which options held following 
                                                   this notification
                                                   (granted at various options 
                                                   prices and on various dates)

Charles Banks     153,429            04.11.04        1,297,439
Fenton Hord        78,162            04.11.04          328,571
Claude Hornsby    101,321            04.11.04          499,564
Gerard Legtmann    38,461            05.11.04          199,699
Stephen Webster    79,293            05.11.04          454,374

These options have been granted under the Wolseley Share Option Plan 2003 which
was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 21 November 2003
and which requires the satisfaction of corporate performance criteria before the
options become capable of exercise. The options have been granted without the
benefit of any retesting and will, therefore, lapse if the performance criteria
have not been met upon maturity of the awards in November 2007.


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