Invitation to Wolseley's Trading Update Presentation on July 16, 2007

CINCINNATI, July 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wolseley plc will be presenting its pre-close trading update at 9:30am on Monday, July 16th in Room 29, 7th Floor at UBS, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP.  Refreshments will be available from 9am.

If you would like to attend the presentation please let Sarah McGill know, to ease access through security (, [phone]).

If you would prefer to join by conference call, the presentation slides will be available from 9:15am at http://www.wolseley.com/ and the numbers are as follows...

Please dial in at or before 9:25am on Monday, July 16th and ask for the 'Wolseley' call

   0800 559 3272        UK Toll Free
   [phone]  UK and rest of the world Toll

  Replay


A replay will be available until midnight on July 29th with pass code 3268424# and the following dial-in details...

   0800 559 3271        UK Toll Free
   [phone]  UK and rest of the world Toll
   [phone]      USA Toll Free

  Kind Regards,
  The IR Team

  ENQUIRIES:

   Guy Stainer                       [phone]
   Group Investor Relations Director [phone]

   John R. English                   [phone]
   VP, Investor Relations, NA        [phone]

   Brunswick                         [phone]
   Andrew Fenwick
   Nina Coad



Certain statements included in this announcement may be forward-looking and may involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward looking statements.  Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections relating to results of operations and financial conditions and the Company's plans and objectives for future operations including, without limitation, discussions of the Company's business and financial plans, expected future revenues and expenditures, investments and disposals, risks associated with changes in economic conditions, the strength of the plumbing and heating and building materials market in North America and Europe, fluctuations in product prices and changes in exchange and interest rates. All forward-looking statements in this respect are based upon information known to the Company on the date of this announcement. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. It is not reasonably possible to itemize all of the many factors and events that could cause the Company's forward-looking statements to be incorrect or that could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the future operations or results of the Company.

About Wolseley plc

Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building materials in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group revenue for the year ended July 31, 2006 was approximately 14.2 billion pounds Sterling and operating profit, before amortization of acquired intangibles, was 882 million pounds. Wolseley has around 78,000 employees operating in 28 countries namely: UK, USA, France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Slovak Republic, Poland, Romania, Croatia, San Marino, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Barbados and Greenland. Wolseley is listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges (LSE:WOS) (NYSE:WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies. 

DATASOURCE: Wolseley plc



CONTACT:  Guy Stainer, Group Investor Relations Director,

[phone], [phone]; John R. English, Vice President, Investor

Relations, North America, [phone], [phone]; Brunswick: Andrew

Fenwick or Nina Coad, [phone], all of Wolseley plc



Web site:  http://www.wolseley.com/

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