Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1507H

Wolseley PLC

15 February 2010

 



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:

FIL 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:

11 February 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 February 2010

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

14,222,826

14,222,826

14,054,747

14,054,747

4.95

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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

C Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise / Conversion period

Number of voting rights Instrument refers to

%of voting rights

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

16,200

Nominal

Delta

0.00

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,070,947

4.95%

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:

FIL Limited

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

168,079

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

11 February 2010

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Alison Drew

15. Contact telephone number:

0118 929 8700

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.	30,200	Bank of New York Brussels	FPM
	8,800	Bank of New York Europe LDN	FIL
	298,210	Bermuda Trust Far East HK	FIMHK
	8,695,849	Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux	FIL
	6,200	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIJ
	46,494	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIL
	90,000	Citibank London	FIL
	4,600	HSBC Trinkaus Und Burkh AG	FIL
	346,526	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FII
	931,300	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
	3,107,001	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL
	20,100	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FPM
	45,600	Master Trust Bank of Japan	FIJ
	4,500	Norddeutsche Landersbank	FIL
	34,777	Northern Trust Co	FIL
	29,700	Northern Trust London	FIL
	66,300	Northern Trust London	FPM
	14,600	State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S)	FIL
	44,300	State Street Honk Kong	FIA(K)L
	45,100	BNP Paribas UK	FIL
	,614	Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux (C)	FIL
	14,810	JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C)	FIL
	60,493	Nomura Trust and Banking (C)	FIJ
	66,673	Master Trust Bank of Japan (C)	FIJ
	8,500	National Astl Bk Melbourne (S)	FIL
	5,000	HSBC Trunkaus Und Burkh AG (C)	FIL
	5,300	State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (C)	FIL
	10,300	Citibank NA, Hong Kong BR (S)	FIL
	12900	Mellon Bank NA (S)	FIL
	16200	N/A (CFD)

 

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