Holding(s) in Company

Wolseley PLC
14 January 2008

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES AND CESSATION OF NOTIFIABLE INTEREST

1) Name of company: Wolseley plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

UBS Global Asset Management - Traditional

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 holders (individual shareholdings not
disclosed):

UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc
UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) Ltd
UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co
UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH
UBS Global Asset Management (France) S.A.
UBS Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd
UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd
UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited
UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company
UBS Global Asset Management (UK) 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:

not disclosed

8) Percentage of issued class:

not disclosed

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

8 January 2008 and 9 January 2008

11) Date company informed:

11 January 2008 and 14 January 2008

12) Total holding following this notification:

33,179,699 on 10 January 2008 and non-notifiable on 11 January 2008

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

5.01% on 10 January 2008; less than 3% on 11 January 2008

14) Any additional information:

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Richard I Shoylekov - 0118 929 8700

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification:

A Drew, Deputy Company Secretary

Date of notification:

14 January 2008


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