Exhibit 99.9
| Company | Wolseley PLC |
| TIDM | WOS |
| Headline | Director Shareholding |
| Released | 18:55 29-Apr-05 |
| Number | 7060L |
RNS Number:7060L
Wolseley PLC
29 April 2005
Notification under the Listing Rules – Directors – Shares – Rule 16.3 (c)
Wolseley plc confirms that Mr C A S Hornsby, who is responsible for the Company's US Plumbing and Heating Division and who will become Chief Executive, North America from 1 August 2005, increased his shareholding in the Company on 29 April 2005 by 5,238 ordinary shares. Mr Hornsby exercised the under-noted share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989 Executive Share Option Scheme and subsequently sold 80,000 shares at a price of 1060p per share.
| Director's Name | No. of options | Exercise price | Date of | ||||||||||
| Exercised | per share | transaction | |||||||||||
| (in pence) | |||||||||||||
| Mr C.A.S.Hornsby | 85,238 | 485.00p | 29.04.2005 |
As a result of the above transactions, Mr Hornsby now holds 74,013 ordinary shares in the Company.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Wolseley plc
Tel: 0118 929 8700
Guy Stainer – Head of Investor Relations
Mark White – Group Company Secretary and Counsel
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