Exhibit 99.3
| Company | Wolseley PLC |
| TIDM | WOS |
| Headline | Director Shareholding |
| Released | 14:40 05-Apr-05 |
RNS Number:6484K
Wolseley PLC
05 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, has today exercised and sold at a price of 1116p per share, the under-noted share options under the terms of the Wolseley 1989 Executive Share Option Scheme. Mr Hornsby now holds at total of 68,417 ordinary shares.
| Director's Name | No. of options | Exercise price | Total no | Date of | |||||||||
| exercised | per share | shares of | transactions | ||||||||||
| (in pence) | acquired/sold | ||||||||||||
| Mr C.A.S.Hornsby | 60,400 | 467.00 | 60,400 | 05.04.2005 |
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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