RNS Number:4671S
Wolseley PLC
25 November 2003

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd, FMR Corp, Fidelity International Limited and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries including Fidelity Pension Management and
Fidelity Investment Services Limited.

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:

        69,905   State Street Nominees Limited
       427,860   Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
        15,400   Brown Brothers Harriman
     2,575,205   Northern Trust
       801,920   State Street Bank & Trust
     5,042,791   Chase Manhattan Bank London
     3,265,468   Chase Nominees Limited
     1,692,608   Bank of New York, London
       138,400   Deutsche Bank
       166,670   Citibank
     6,627,732   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
        55,600   Mellon Nominees Limited
       139,571   Bank of New York, Brussels
        11,000   National Australia Bank
         5,700   PICG
        94,025   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
        27,900   Deutsche Bank AG London
       528,000   Nortrust Nominees Limited
       538,102   MSS Nominees Limited
       248,512   J P Morgan
        83,808   BNP Paribas
       155,600   J P Morgan Chase
       285,100   Bankers Trust
         1,800   Morgan Stanley Trust Co. Nominees Limited Bank

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

n/a

6) Percentage of issued class:

n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

330,162

8) Percentage of issued class:

0.057%

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

Not disclosed.

11) Date company informed:

24 November 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

22,998,677

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

3.96%

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:

25 November 2003


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