Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
15 October 2004


15 October 2004

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Barclays PLC

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 legal entities / registered holder(s) and, if more than one
holder, the number of shares held by each of them:

         109,587   Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
           1,290   Barclays Private Bank Ltd
           6,846   Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd
       1,065,041   Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
         989,891   Barclays Global Fund Advisors
       5,147,220   Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
       9,090,624   Barclays Global Investors Ltd
         281,034   Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd
         557,717   Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust
          90,487   Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd
         228,191   Gerrard Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

not disclosed

6) Percentage of issued class:

not disclosed

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:

12 October 2004

11) Date company informed:

15 October 2004

12) Total holding following this notification:

17,567,928

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

3.00%

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:

15 October 2004

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