Wolseley plc Preliminary Full Year Earnings Announcement and Conference Call for Year Ending July 31, 2006

CINCINNATI, Sept. 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wolseley (NYSE:WOS) (LSE:WOS) will hold an analyst and investor meeting at 9:30 (GMT) at UBS Presentation Suite, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2.  A live audio cast and slide presentation of this event will be available at 9:30 (GMT) on http://www.wolseley.com/ .

Wolseley will conduct a conference call for investors and analysts at 1500 (UK time), 10:00 a.m. (EDT), Monday September 25, 2006, to discuss the Company's full year results for the year ending July 31, 2006.

Chip Hornsby, Group Chief Executive Officer, and Steve Webster, Group Finance Director, will be hosting the call.

   US dial-in number:                  [phone]
   UK/International dial-in number:    [phone]



The call will be recorded and available for playback until October 9, 2006 on the following numbers:

   UK/European replay dial-in number:  + 44 20 7031 4064  Passcode:  717312
   UK only free phone number:           0800 358 1860     Passcode:  717312
   North American free phone number:   + 1 888 365 0240   Passcode:  717312

  About Wolseley plc


Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products and a leading supplier of building materials to professional contractors in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group revenues for the year ended July 31, 2005 were approximately 11.3 billion pounds Sterling and operating profit, before amortization of acquired intangibles, was 708 million pounds. Wolseley has more than 70,000 employees operating in 14 countries namely: UK, USA, France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark. 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. 

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CONTACT:  Investors-Analysts, Guy Stainer, Head of Investor Relations,

[phone], or [phone], or John English, Director,

Investor Relations, North America, [phone], or [phone], or

Press, Penny Studholme, Director of Corporate Communications,

[phone], or + 44 (0) 7860 553 834, all of Wolseley plc; or Andrew

Fenwick or Nina Coad of Brunswick,  [phone]



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

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