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Wolseley PLC 02 October 2006 2 October 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company: Wolseley plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest: Lloyds TSB Group 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: 4,602,059 Lloyds TSB Jersey Offshore 4,895,350 Lloyds TSB Private Banking 16,177,124 Scottish Widows Investment Partnership 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Nil 6) Percentage of issued class: n/a 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: Not disclosed 8) Percentage of issued class: Not disclosed 9) Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each 10) Date of transaction: Not disclosed 11) Date company informed: 2 October 2006 12) Total holding following this notification: 25,674,533 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.907% 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 and Counsel Date of notification: 2 October 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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