Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
03 October 2005

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:

   6,527,075   Barclays Global Investors Ltd
     687,436   Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking
   4,881,789   Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
     159,278   Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd
      18,329   Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd
       1,000   Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd
   1,755,433   Gerrard Limited
   1,507,773   Barclays Global Fund Advisors
      52,420   Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd
     823,151   Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
       8,130   Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd
         150   Barclays Capital Inc
   5,041,297   Barclays Capital Securities Ltd

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:
29 September 2005

11) Date company informed:
3 October 2005

12) Total holding following this notification:
21,463,261

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.62%

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, Group Company Secretary & Counsel

Date of notification:
3 October 2005

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