EXHIBIT 1.9 ----------- 288a [LOGO] ICSA SOFTWARE BLUEPRINT APPOINTMENT of director or secretary Company Secretary (NOT for resignation (use Form 288b) or Please complete in typescript, change of particulars (use Form 288c)) or in bold black capitals. Company Number 29846 ----------------------------------------------------------- CHFP055 Company Name in full Wolseley plc ----------------------------------------------------------- Day Month Year Day Month Year Date of 01 07 2002 +Date of appointment Birth -------------------- __________________ Appointment as director as secretary [X] Please mark the appropriate box. ------------------------ If appointment is as a director and secretary mark both boxes. Appointment Name *Style / Title Mr *Honours etc form ------------------------------------------------------------- Forename(s) Mark Jonathan Notes on completion ------------------------------------------------------------- appear on reverse Surname White ------------------------------------------------------------- Previous Forename(s) ------------------------------------------------------------- Previous Surname ------------------------------------------------------------- Usual residential 38 Grange Close address ------------------------------------------------------------- Church Road ------------------------------------------------------------- Nascot Wood ------------------------------------------------------------- Post town Postcode WD17 4HQ -------- County/Region Hertfordshire ------------- Country +Nationality +Business occupation ------------------------------------------------------------- +Other directorships (additional space overleaf) I consent to act as ** secretary of the above named company Consent Signature /s/ MJ White Date 1/7/02 ----------------------- ----------------- * Voluntary details A director, secretary etc must sign the form below. + Directors only Signed /s/ S Webster Date 2.7.02 ** Please delete as appropriate ----------------------- ----------------- (** a director) Please give the name, address, Edward Parker telephone number and, if available, Wolseley plc a DX number and Exchange of Parkview 1220 the person Companies House should Arlington Business Park contact if there is any query Theale Reading RG7 4GA When you have completed and signed the form please send it to the Registrar of Companies at: Companies House receipt date barcode. Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff for companies registered in England and Wales or Companies House, 37 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh for companies registered in Scotland Form revised July 1998 ---------------------------- Company Number 29846 ---------------------------- + Directors only. + Other directorships NOTES Show the full forenames, NOT INITIALS. If the director or secretary is a corporation or Scottish firm, show the name on surname line and registered or principal office on the usual residential line. Give previous forenames or surname(s) Except: - for a married woman, the name by which she was known before marriage need not be given. - for names not used since the age of 18 or for at least 20 years A peer or individual known by a title may state the title instead of or in addition to the forenames and surname and need not give the name by which that person was known before he or she adopted the title or succeeded to it. Other directorships. Give the name of every company incorporated in Great Britain of which the person concerned is a director or has been a director at any time in the past five years. You may exclude a company which either is, or at all times during the past five years when the person concerned was a director, was - - dormant - - a parent company which wholly owned the company making the return, or - - another wholly owned subsidiary of the same parent company. Page 2 [LOGO] 288b ICSA SOFTWARE Terminating appointment as director or secretary BLUEPRINT (NOT for appointment (use Form 288a) or change Company Secretary of particulars (use Form 288c)) Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals ---------------------------------------------- CHFP055 Company Number. 29846 ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Company Name in full Wolseley plc ---------------------------------------------- Day Month Year ------------------- Date of termination of appointment 0 1 0 7 2 0 0 2 ------------------- --- Please mark the as director as secretary X appropriate box. If --- terminating appointment as a director and ------------------- secretary mark both NAME *Style / Title Mr boxes. ------------------- * Honours etc ------------------------------------------- Forename(s) David Anthony Please insert ------------------------------------------- details as Surname Branson previously ------------------------------------------- notified to Companies House. ------------------------------------------- Day Month Year ------------------- + Date of Birth ------------------- * Voluntary details. + Directors only. ** Delete as appropriate. A serving director, secretary etc must sign the form below. ----------------------- -------------- Signed MJ White Date 05/07/02 ----------------------- -------------- (** serving secretary ------------------------------------------- Please give the name, address, Edward Parker telephone number and, if Wolseley plc available, a DX number and Parkview 1220 Exchange of the person Arlington Business Park Companies House should contact Theale Reading RG7 4GA if there is any query - ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Companies House receipt date When you have completed and signed the form barcode please send it to Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CFl4 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff for companies registered in England and Wales or - ------------------------------------ Companies House, 37 Castle Terrace, Form revised 1999 Edinburgh, EH1 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh for companies registered in Scotland 288c [LOGO] Blueprint 2000 Company Secretary CHANGE OF PARTICULARS for director or secretary (NOT for appointment (use Form 288a) or resignation (use Form 288b)) Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals. CHFP010 Company Number 29846 ------------------------------------- Company Name in full Wolseley plc ------------------------------------- Changes of particulars Complete in all cases Date of change of particulars form Day Month Year 2 9 0 7 2 0 0 2 ------------------- Name * Style / Title Mr * Honours etc ------------------------------------ Forename(s) Stephen Paul ------------------------------------ Surname Webster ------------------------------------ Day Month Year ------------------------------------ + Date of Birth 21 11 1952 ------------------------------------ Change of name Forename(s) (enter new name) Surname Change of usual residential address 2 Melliss Avenue, Kew (enter new address) ------------------------------------- Post town Richmond ------------------------------------- County / Region Surrey Postcode TW9 4BQ ------------------------------------- Country Other Change (please specify) A serving director, secretary etc must sign the form below. * Voluntary details. Signed /s/ MJ White Date 29/7/02 + Directors only. ------------------------------------- ** Delete as appropriate. (secretary) Please give the name, address, telephone number and, if available, a DX number and Exchange of the person Companies House should contact if there is any query. Edward Parker, Wolseley plc, 1220 Parkview, Arlington - ------------------------------------- Business Park, Theale, Reading, RG7 4XA - ------------------------------------- Tel - ------------------------------------- DX number DX exchange - ------------------------------------- When you have completed and signed the form please send it to the Registrar of Companies at: Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff for companies registered in England and Wales or Companies House, 37 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EHl 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh for companies registered in Scotland [LOGO] coform 88(2) Return of Allotment of Shares Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals. CHFP010 Company Number 29846 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Name in full Wolseley plc - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares allotted (including bonus shares): From To Date or period during which shares Day Month Year Day Month Year were allotted 17 07 2002 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (if shares were allotted on one date enter that date in the "from" box) Class of shares Ordinary Ordinary Ordinary (ordinary or preference etc) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number allotted 847 1,173 596 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominal value of each share 25p 25p 25p - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amount (if any) paid or due on each share (including any share premium) 345p 375p 251p - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List the names and addresses of the allottees and the number of shares allotted to each overleaf If the allotted shares are fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash please state: % that each share is to be treated as paid up Consideration for which the shares were allotted (This information must be supported by the duly stamped contract or by the duly stamped particulars on Form 88(3) if the contract is not in writing) When you have completed and signed the form send it to the Registrar of Companies at: Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff For companies registered in England and Wales Companies House, 37 CaMe Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh For companies registered in Scotland Names and addresses of the allottees (List joint share allotments consecutively) Shareholder details Shares and share class allotted Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Michael William Huckle Ordinary 2,616 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 38 Ravensburgh Close Barton-le-Clay Bedford - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode MK45 4RG ---------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Address UK postcode Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Address UK postcode Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Address UK postcode Please enter the number of continuation sheets (if any) attached to this form [_] Signed /s/ MJ White Date 17/7/2002 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A secretary Please give the name, address, telephone number and, if available, a DX number and Exchange of the person Companies House should contact if there is any query. Edward Parker, Wolseley plc, Parkview 1220 - ------------------------------------------ Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading - ------------------------------------------ RG7 4XA Tel 0118 929 8700 - ------------------------------------------ DX number DX exchange - ------------------------------------------ [LOGO]coform [LOGO] coform 88(2) Return of Allotment of Shares Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals. CHFP010. Company Number 29846 ------------------------------ Company Name in full Wolsely plc ------------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________________ Shares allotted (including bonus shares): From To Date or period during which shares Day Month Year Day Month Year -------------------- -------------- were allotted 1 7 0 7 2 0 0 2 -------------------- -------------- (if shares were allotted on one date enter that date in the "from" box) ------------------------------------ Class of shares Ordinary Ordinary Ordinary (ordinary or preference etc) ------------------------------------ Number allotted 16,000 7,000 7,000 ------------------------------------ Nominal value of each share 25p 25p 25p ------------------------------------ Amount (if any) paid or due on each share (including any share premium) 397p 349.75p 467p ------------------------------------ List the names and addresses of the allottees and the number of shares allotted to each overleaf If the allotted shares are fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash please state: % that each share is to be treated as paid up Consideration for which the shares were allotted (This information must be supported by the duly stamped contract or by the duly stamped particulars on Form 88(3) if the contract is not in writing) ________________________________________________________________________________ When you have completed and signed the form send it to the Registrar of Companies at: Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff For companies registered in England and Wales Companies House, 37 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh For companies registered in Scotland Names and addresses of the allottees (List joint share allotments consecutively) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shareholder details Shares and share class allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted APOLLO NOMINEES LTD ID 002 A/C DEP Ordinary 30,000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 1 FINSBURY AVENUE LONDON - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode EC2M 2pp - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Address UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Address UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Address UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please enter the number of continuation sheets (if any) attached to this form [_] Signed /s/ MJ White Date 17/7/02 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A secretary Please give the name, address, telephone number and, if available, a DX number and Exchange of the person Companies House should contact if there is any query. Edward Parker, Wolseley plc, Parkview 1220 - ------------------------------------------ Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading - ------------------------------------------ RG7 4XA Tel 0118 929 8700 - ------------------------------------------ DX number DX exchange - ------------------------------------------ [LOGO]coform [LOGO] coform 88(2) Return of Allotment of Shares Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals. CHFP010. Company Number 29846 --------------------- Company Name in full Wolseley plc --------------------- ________________________________________________________________________________ Shares allotted (including bonus shares): From To Date or period during which shares Day Month Year Day Month Year ------------------ -------------- were allotted 2 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 ------------------ -------------- (if shares were allotted on one date enter that date in the "from" box) ---------------------------------- Class of shares Ordinary Ordinary Ordinary (ordinary or preference etc) ---------------------------------- Number allotted 946 896 668 ---------------------------------- Nominal value of each share 25p 25p 25p ---------------------------------- Amount (if any) paid or due on each share (including any share premium) 345p 375p 251p ---------------------------------- List the names and addresses of the allottees and the number of shares allotted to each overleaf If the allotted shares are fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash please state: % that each share is to be treated as paid up Consideration for which the shares were allotted (This information must be supported by the duly stamped contract or by the duly stamped particulars on Form 88(3) if the contract is not in writing) ________________________________________________________________________________ When you have completed and signed the form send it to the Registrar of Companies at: Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CFl4 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff For companies registered in England and Wales Companies House, 37 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh For companies registered in Scotland Names and addresses of the allottees (List joint share allotments consecutively) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shareholder details Shares and share class allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Miss Geraldine Elizabeth Nash Ordinary 2,418 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 15 Harvington Close Brockhill Redditch - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode B97 6TY ----------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Mr Robert Caluum Barrie Seale Ordinary 240 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 21 Headley Road Leyland Lancashire - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode PR25 2DL ----------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please enter the number of continuation sheets (if any) attached to this form [1] Signed /s/ MJ White Date 24-Jul-2002 ------------------------------------------------ ------------------ A secretary Please give the name, address, telephone number and, if available, a DX number and Exchange of the person Companies House should contact if there is any query. Edward Parker, Wolseley plc, Parkview 1220 - -------------------------------------------------- Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading - -------------------------------------------------- RG7 4XA Tel 0118 929 8700 - -------------------------------------------------- DX number DX exchange - -------------------------------------------------- [LOGO] coform [LOGO] coform 88(2) cont Return of Allotment of Shares Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals. CHFP010 Company Number 29846 --------------------- Company Name in full Wolseley plc --------------------- ________________________________________________________________________________ Shares allotted (including bonus shares): From To Date or period during which shares Day Month Year Day Month Year ------------------ -------------- were allotted 2 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 ------------------ -------------- (if shares were allotted on one date enter that date in the "from" box) ---------------------------------- Class of shares Ordinary (ordinary or preference etc) ---------------------------------- Number allotted 148 ---------------------------------- Nominal value of each share 25p ---------------------------------- Amount (if any) paid or due on each share (including any share premium) 336p ---------------------------------- List the names and addresses of the allottees and the number of shares allotted to each overleaf If the allotted shares are fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash please state: % that each share is to be treated as paid up Consideration for which the shares were allotted (This information must be supported by the duly stamped contract or by the duly stamped particulars on Form 88(3) if the contract is not in writing) ________________________________________________________________________________ [LOGO] coform 88(2) Return of Allotment of Shares Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals. CHFP010. ----------------------------- Company Number 29846 ----------------------------- Company Name in full Wolseley plc ----------------------------- Shares allotted (including bonus shares): From To Date or period during which Day Month Year Day Month Year -------------------- ----------------- shares were allotted 1 8 0 7 2 0 0 2 -------------------- (if shares were allotted on one date enter that date in the "from" box) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Class of shares Ordinary (ordinary or preference etc) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Number allotted 24,850 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Nominal value of each share 25p ----------------------------------------------------------------- Amount (if any) paid or due on each share (including any share premium) 483.50p ----------------------------------------------------------------- List the names and addresses of the allottees and the number of shares allotted to each overleaf If the allotted shares are fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash please state: % that each share is to be treated as paid up Consideration for which the shares were allotted (This information must be supported by the duly stamped contract or by the duly stamped particulars on Form 88(3) if the contract is not in writing) When you have completed and signed the form send it to the Registrar of Companies at: Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ DX 33050 Cardiff For companies registered in England and Wales Companies House, 37 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EB DX 235 Edinburgh For companies registered in Scotland Names and addresses of the allottees (List joint share allotments consecutively) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shareholder details Shares and share class allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted Apollo Nominees Limited Ordinary 24,850 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 1 Finsbury Avenue London - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode EC2M 2PP ------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Class of shares allotted Number allotted - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK postcode - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please enter the number of continuation sheets (if any) attached to this form [_] Signed /s/ MJ White Date 18/7/02 -------------------------------------------------- ---------------- A secretary Please give the name, address, telephone number and, if available, a DX number and Exchange of the person Companies House should contact if there is any query. Edward Parker, Wolseley plc, Parkview 1220 - ------------------------------------------------ Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading - ------------------------------------------------ RG7 4XA Tel 0118 929 8700 - ------------------------------------------------ DX number DX exchange - ------------------------------------------------ [LOGO] coform