Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:4984R
Wolseley PLC
30 October 2003


 SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Aviva plc

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non- beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18:

In respect of the above holder.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
 
       5,544,211   BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited
           10,600   BT Globenet Nominees Limited
       11,026,316   Chase GA Group Nominees Limited
          934,657   Chase Nominees Limited
        4,730,848   CUIM Nominees Limited
          175,478   Hibernian Investment Managers Limited
          550,400   RBSTB Nominees Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

Nil

6) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

683,187

8) Percentage of issued class:

0.12%

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

29 October 2003

11) Date company informed:

30 October 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

22,972,510

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

3.95%

14) Any additional information:


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mark J. White - 0118 929 8700

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification:

Mark J White, Company Secretary

Date of notification:

30 October 2003

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