Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8638Q

Wolseley PLC

20 April 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	WOLSELEY - GBP0.10
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	HSBC Holdings Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	HSBC Bank Plc HSBC FINANCIAL PRODUCTS (FRANCE) HSBC Investment Management HSBC Private Bank (Jersey) Limited HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited SINOPIA ASSET MANAGEMENT Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (France)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	16th April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20th April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B5ZN3P43	NA	NA	4,724,345	4,481,924	242,421	5.05	0.27

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
4,724,345	5.32

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Alison Drew
15. Contact telephone number:	0118 929 8700

 

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