Exhibit 99.8
RNS Number: 3872P
Wolseley PLC
04 September 2003
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company: Wolseley plc
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Morley Fund Management Limited
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
In respect of the above holder.
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them:
| 6,440,637 | BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited | |||
| 10,600 | BT Globenet Nominees Limited | |||
| 10,115,446 | Chase GA Group Nominees Limited | |||
| 934,657 | Chase Nominees Limited | |||
| 5,196,279 | CUIM Nominee Limited | |||
| 550,400 | RBSTB Nominees Limited |
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
5,842,913
6) Percentage of issued class:
1.01%
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:
2 September 2003
11) Date company informed:
4 September 2003
12) Total holding following this notification:
23,248,019
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.01%
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 making this notification:
Mark J White, Company Secretary
Date of notification:
4 September 2003
END
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