8 May 2003
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company: Wolseley plc
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Mr Edward C. Johnson 3rd, FMR Corp, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries including Fidelity Pension Management and Fidelity Investment Services 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:
| 49,700 | State Street Nominees Limited |
| 260,800 | Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited |
| 38,100 | Brown Brothers Harriman |
| 2,717,569 | Northern Trust |
| 813,711 | State Street Bank & Trust |
| 62,300 | National Cities |
| 4,564,904 | Chase Manhattan Bank London |
| 3,366,259 | Chase Nominees Limited |
| 2,525,672 | Bank of New York, London |
| 7,700 | Credit Suisse First Boston Zurich |
| 127,200 | Deutsche Bank |
| 147,070 | Citibank |
| 6,585,503 | HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited |
| 52,900 | Mellon Nominees Limited |
| 135,771 | Bank of New York, Brussels |
| 9,000 | National Australia Bank |
| 4,400 | PICG |
| 21,100 | Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt |
| 26,700 | Deutsche Bank AG London |
| 546,800 | Nortrust Nominees Limited |
| 588,102 | MSS Nominees Limited |
| 175,811 | J P Morgan |
| 122,400 | J P Morgan Chase |
| 29,367 | Mellon Bank |
| 350,000 | Bankers Trust |
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not disclosed.
6) Percentage of issued class:
Not applicable.
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:
Not disclosed.
11) Date company informed:
8 May 2003
12) Total holding following this notification:
23,328,839
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.02%
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:
8 May 2003
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