Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: 

Wolseley plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: 

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions 

Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: 

13 October 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 October 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: 

From 4% - 3% (L&G)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares 

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD 

GBP 0.10

11,404,443

11,404,443

11,234,843

11,234,843

3.95

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date 

Exercise/Conversion period 

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights 

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

11,234,843

3.95

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 283,839,371

14. Contact name:

Alison Drew, Wolseley plc

15. Contact telephone number:

0118 929 8700