Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wolseley PLC
11 January 2006

Wolseley plc confirms that Mr C A S Hornsby, who will succeed Mr C A Banks as
Group Chief Executive from 1 August 2006, has today exercised the under-noted
share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989 Executive Share Option Scheme
and has retained all 41,201 shares issued to him. Mr Hornsby has also today sold
41,000 ordinary shares at a price of 1275 pence each.

Director's Name     No. of options   Exercise price   Total no.     Date of
                    exercised        per share        of shares     acquisition
                                     (in pence)       acquired  
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Mr C. A.S. Hornsby    11,839             543p          11,839     11.01.2006
                      14,600             467p          14,600     11.01.2006
                      14,762             485p          14,762     11.01.2006

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Hornsby now holds 58,231 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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