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Wolseley PLC01 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company: Wolseley plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:Barclays 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: 8,337,154 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 578,560 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust 6,185,452 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 151,076 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 1,000 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 211,659 Gerrard Limited 1,247,666 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 316,783 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 978,612 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 6,846 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 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:Nil 8) Percentage of issued class:N/a 9) Class of security:Ordinary shares of 25p each 10) Date of transaction:27 January 2005 11) Date company informed:1 February 2005 12) Total holding following this notification:18,014,808 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:3.06% 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 makingthis notification:Mark J White, Group Company Secretary & Counsel Date of notification:1 February 2005 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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