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Wolseley PLC 09 February 2006 The following announcement replaces announcement 1602Y. The date the company informed of this increase was 9 February 2006 and not 2005 as previously shown. 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: 4,078,161 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 600,171 Northern Trust London 335,242 Bank of New York, Brussels 333,141 HSBC Bank plc 97,595 State Street Bank & Trust Co London (3) 79,600 Mellon Bank 30,600 Clydesdale Bank plc 279,327 Bank of New York - Europe Ldn 4,584,300 JPMorgan Chase Bank 8,333 State Street Bank & Trust Co 7,693,900 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 101,804 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) 82,030 Northern Trust London 90,970 Brown Bros Harriman and Co 33,400 BNP Paribas, Paris 81,452 CDC Finance 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: nil 9) Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each 10) Date of transaction: Not disclosed. 11) Date company informed: 9 February 2006 12) Total holding following this notification: 18,510,026 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.11% 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: 9 February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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