Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9126P

Wolseley PLC

01 April 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Wolseley plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issues to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Fidelity International Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

See attached Schedule

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

30 March 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

31 March 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ord 25p

32,822,897

32,822,897

35,008,784

35,008,784

5.28%

GB0009764027

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

35,008,784

5.28%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See attached Schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Fidelity International Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

2,185,887

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

30 March 2009

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 661,988,540

14. Contact name:

Amanda Chana

15. Contact telephone number:

[e-mail]

Schedule

	Shares held	Nominee	Management Company
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FILGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), Investment Managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.	564,530	BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK	FIMHK
	1,025,216	BNP PARIBAS, PARIS	FIGEST
	15,576,093	BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX	FIL
	102,700	BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO	FIL
	1,904,197	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FII
	196,400	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FIL
	15,078,229	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FISL
	142,500	MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN	FIJ
	85,100	NORTHERN TRUST CO	FIL
	180,619	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)	FIL
	115,100	NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING (C)	FIJ
	38,100	MASTER TRUST BAK OF JAPAN (C)	FIJ

 

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