Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
20 July 2004

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:

        97,805   State Street Nominees Limited
       287,360   Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
         6,600   Brown Brothers Harriman
     2,203,866   Northern Trust
       626,286   State Street Bank & Trust
     4,688,819   Chase Manhattan Bank London
     3,449,576   Chase Nominees Limited
     1,689,243   Bank of New York, London
       127,100   Deutsche Bank
       126,870   Citibank
     7,114,220   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
       103,000   Mellon Nominees Limited
       114,471   Bank of New York, Brussels
         6,200   National Australia Bank
         3,500   PICG
        64,525   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
        23,920   Deutsche Bank AG London
       510,300   Nortrust Nominees Limited
         8,700   State Street Hong Kong
     1,836,812   J P Morgan
        60,208   BNP Paribas
        78,400   J P Morgan Chase
       235,900   Bankers Trust
        28,700   Bank of New York
        49,600   Bank of New York - Europe

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

442,109

6) Percentage of issued class:

0.07%

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:

20 July 2004

12) Total holding following this notification:

23,541,981

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

4.024%

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:
20 July 2004




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