10th Jan 2006 11:10
Wolseley PLC10 January 2006 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: 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, at 5 January 2006: 7,302,245 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 670,488 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 5,097,135 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 111,965 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 32,436 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 1,915,568 Gerrard Limited 1,673,009 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 85,274 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 842,110 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 6,908 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 150 Barclays Capital Inc 93,227 Barclays Capital Securities 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: not disclosed 8) Percentage of issued class: not disclosed 9) Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each 10) Date of transaction: 5 January 2006 and 6 January 2006 11) Date company informed: 10 January 2006 12) Total holding following this notification: 17,830,515 on 5 January 2006 and not disclosed on 6 January 2006 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:3.01% on 5 January 2006; less than 3% on 6 January 2006 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:10 January 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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