16th Mar 2007 13:41
Wolseley PLC16 March 2007 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 holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non- beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse 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 oneholder, the number of shares held by each of them: 41,021,764 Lloyds TSB Group plc 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:not applicable 6) Percentage of issued class:not applicable 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:Not applicable 8) Percentage of issued class:Not applicable 9) Class of security:Ordinary shares of 25p each 10) Date of transaction:N/A 11) Date company informed:16 March 2007 12) Total holding following this notification:41,021,764 of which 30,837,036 are held directly 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:6.222% of which 5.677% represent directly held shares and 1.545% representindirectly held shares 14) Any additional information:Initial disclosure under new Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 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 makingthis notification:Mark J White, Group Company Secretary & Counsel Date of notification:16 March 2007 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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