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Wolseley PLC 01 August 2002 Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons 1 Name of company: Wolseley plc 2 Name of director: Andrew Hutton 3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest: The director named above and his spouse 4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified): Andrew Hutton - 1 ordinary share Linda Hutton - 279 ordinary shares 5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): see 4 above 6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary: Purchase of ordinary shares through DRIP mandate 7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 280 ordinary shares 8 Percentage of issued class: 0.00005% 9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: n/a 10 Percentage of issued class: n/a 11 Class of security: ordinary shares of 25p each 12 Price per share: £5.615 13 Date of transaction: 31 July 2002 14 Date Company informed: 31 July 2002 15 Total holding following this notification: 50,656 ordinary shares of 25p each 16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 0.009% If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the following fields: 17 Date of grant: 18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: 19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option: 20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: 21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise: 22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification: 23 Contact name for queries: M J White, Company Secretary 24 Contact telephone number: 0118 929 8700 25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: M J White Additional Information: Ends. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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