Exhibit 1.6
17 July 2002
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company: Wolseley plc
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Barclays PLC
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:
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121,585 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
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265,910 Barclays Private Bank Ltd
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7,252 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd
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1,027,271 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
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161,720 Barclays Global Fund Advisors
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192,037 Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd
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7,061,684 Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
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8,167,104 Barclays Global Investors Ltd
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386,003 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust
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5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
not notified
6) Percentage of issued class:
not notified
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:
10 July 2002
11) Date company informed:
17 July 2002
12) Total holding following this notification:
17,390,566
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.01%
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:
17 July 2002