WOS Wolseley

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wolseley plc, the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building materials, is today hosting a meeting for analysts and investors. Following the FTSE's decision to move Wolseley from the Construction and Building Materials sector to the Support Services sector, Wolseley will be hosting a teach-in for analysts and investors who are unfamiliar with the company but would like to know more. The meeting will be held today at UBS, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2 commencing with coffee at 13:45 with the presentation starting at 14:00 (9:00 a.m. EST.). A live audio cast and slide presentation of this event will be available at 14:00 (9:00 a.m. EST.) UK time on http://www.wolseley.com/ For further details please contact Margaret Nunn, Wolseley Investor Relations at () or by telephoning +44 (0)1189 298788. No material new information will be disclosed in the presentation and there will be no statement on current trading. About Wolseley plc Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products and a leading supplier of building materials to professional contractors in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group sales for the year ended July 31, 2005 were approximately 11.3 billion UK pounds Sterling and operating profit, before amortization of intangibles, was 708 million pounds. Wolseley has around 63,000 employees operating in 14 countries, namely: UK, USA, France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark. Wolseley is listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges (NYSE:WOS) (LSE:WOS.L) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE: Wolseley plc CONTACT: Investors-Analysts, John R. English, Director, Investor Relations, North America, of Wolseley, +1-513-771-9000 Web site: http://www.wolseley.com/

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