Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
12 December 2005

Wolseley plc confirms that Mr C A S Hornsby, who is Chief Executive North
America and who will become Group Chief Executive from 1 August 2006, increased
his shareholding in the Company on 12 December 2005 by 10,000 ordinary shares.
Mr Hornsby exercised the under-noted share options under the terms of the
Wolseley 1989 Executive Share Option Scheme and subsequently sold 55,661 shares
at a price of 1231p per share.

Director's Name        No. of options     Exercise price          Date of
                       exercised          per share (in pence)    transaction
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Mr C. A.S. Hornsby     68,161             543.00p                 12.12.2005

Mr Hornsby has also gifted 2,500 ordinary shares of 25p each to a US based
charity.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Hornsby now holds 58,017 ordinary
shares of 25p in the Company.



FURTHER INFORMATION:

Wolseley plc

Tel: [phone]
Guy Stainer - Head of Investor Relations
Mark White - Group Company Secretary and Counsel




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