Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
08 May 2003

8 May 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:
49,700                                        State Street Nominees Limited
260,800                                       Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
38,100                                        Brown Brothers Harriman
2,717,569                                     Northern Trust
813,711                                       State Street Bank & Trust
62,300                                        National Cities
4,564,904                                     Chase Manhattan Bank London
3,366,259                                     Chase Nominees Limited
2,525,672                                     Bank of New York, London
7,700                                         Credit Suisse First Boston Zurich
127,200                                       Deutsche Bank
147,070                                       Citibank
6,585,503                                     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
52,900                                        Mellon Nominees Limited
135,771                                       Bank of New York, Brussels
9,000                                         National Australia Bank
4,400                                         PICG
21,100                                        Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
26,700                                        Deutsche Bank AG London
546,800                                       Nortrust Nominees Limited
588,102                                       MSS Nominees Limited
175,811                                       J P Morgan
122,400                                       J P Morgan Chase
29,367                                        Mellon Bank
350,000                                       Bankers Trust

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

Not disclosed.

6) Percentage of issued class:

Not applicable.

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

Nil

8) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

Not disclosed.

11) Date company informed:

8 May 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

23,328,839

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

4.02%

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:

8 May 2003

END




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