Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7954R

Wolseley PLC

27 August 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 qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

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

Silchester International Investors Limited

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

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Taxable Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free International Value Equity Trust The Calleva Trust

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

26/08/2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27/08/2010

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

3%

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

GB00B5ZN3P43

8,373,931

8,373,931

8,632,769

8,692,769

N/A

3.04

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/  Conversion Period

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

% of voting rights

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
8,632,789	3.04%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	Silchester International Investors Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Silchester International Investors Ltd ("Silchester") acts as investment manager for the clients detailed in Question 4 (our "Clients"). In acting for our Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to vote on their behalf.  However, we do not act as our Clients' custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each Client's custodian bank.
14. Contact name:	Alison Drew
15. Contact telephone number:	0118 929 8700

 

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