Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
04 June 2004


SCHEDULE 10

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:

         72,305   State Street Nominees Limited
        376,560   Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
         18,100   Brown Brothers Harriman
      2,344,526   Northern Trust
        697,186   State Street Bank & Trust
      4,816,731   Chase Manhattan Bank London
      3,534,876   Chase Nominees Limited
      1,836,243   Bank of New York, London
        123,300   Deutsche Bank
        136,770   Citibank
      5,497,009   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
        154,300   Mellon Nominees Limited
        114,471   Bank of New York, Brussels
          8,000   National Australia Bank
          4,600   PICG
         84,725   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
         21,550   Deutsche Bank AG London
        518,900   Nortrust Nominees Limited
         11,200   State Street Hong Kong
      2,297,512   J P Morgan
         60,208   BNP Paribas
        103,200   J P Morgan Chase
        235,900   Bankers Trust
         31,700   Bank of New York

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

Nil

6) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

662,405

8) Percentage of issued class:

0.11%

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

Not disclosed.

11) Date company informed:

3 June 2004

12) Total holding following this notification:

23,099,872

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

3.95%

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:

4 June 2004








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