Exhibit 99.1
| Company | Wolseley PLC |
| TIDM | WOS |
| Headline | Director Shareholding |
| Released | 09:16 01-Apr-05 |
| Number | 4610K |
RNS Number:4610K
Wolseley PLC
01 April 2005
Notification under the Listing Rules – Directors – Shares – Rule 16.3 (c)
Wolseley plc confirms that Mr C A Banks, Group Chief Executive, has today increased his shareholding in the Company by 34,874 ordinary shares. He has exercised the under-noted share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989 Executive Share Option Scheme:
| Director's | No. of options | Exercise price per | Total no. of | Date of | ||||||||
| Name | exercised | share (in pence) | shares acquired | acquisition | ||||||||
| Mr C. A. Banks | 15,185 | 397.00 | 34,874 | 01.04.2005 | ||||||||
| 19,689 | 349.75 |
Mr Banks has retained all of the shares issued to him and now holds a total of 183,485 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company in his own name.
For further details:
Wolseley plc 0118 929 8700
M J White, Group Company Secretary & Counsel
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