Additional Listing

Wolseley PLC
28 September 2004





                          Wolseley plc ('the Company')
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Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority and the London
Stock Exchange Plc for a total of 5,500,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each
('shares') to be admitted to the Official List.


It is expected that admission will be granted on 30 September 2004 and trading
will commence on 1 October 2004.


These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued
pursuant to the following schemes:

                           Schemes                                  Shares
Wolseley UK Sharesave Scheme                                           600,000
Wolseley Executive Share Option Scheme 1984                            100,000
Wolseley Executive Share Option Scheme 1989                          1,065,000
Wolseley International Stock Appreciation Plan                       1,700,000
Wolseley Employee Share Purchase Plan                                2,000,000
Wolseley Irish Sharesave Scheme                                         35,000


When issued these shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares.






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