Shareholders can register on-line to view their Wolseley plc shareholding details using Shareview, a service offered by our registrars, Lloyds TSB Registrars. To access the service, you should log on to www.shareview.co.uk and complete the simple on-screen registration process. You will then need to enter your surname, postcode, e-mail address and shareholder reference number (which is detailed on the form of proxy accompanying this Report).

By logging on to www.shareview.co.uk, you will be able to do all of the following at the click of a mouse:

• check your shareholding in Wolseley plc 24 hours a day;
• register your e-mail and mailing preference (post or electronic) for future shareholder mailings;
• gain easy access to a variety of shareholder information including indicative valuations and payment instruction details;
• access the share dealing facility; and
• use the internet to appoint a proxy for you at general meetings of the shareholders.

The Company can, at shareholders' request, send shareholders an e-mail notification each time a new shareholder report or other shareholder communication is put on the website. Shareholders will then be able to read and/or download the information at their leisure, but will still be able to request paper copies of the documents should they so wish.

To encourage more shareholders to convert to e-communications, the Company will arrange for a sapling tree to be planted in the UK for each shareholder who chooses to receive all future communications electronically. The next opportunity for us to notify you electronically will be for the Interim Report, which will be published in Spring 2007.

Share dealing

UK-based shareholders are also offered a simple and convenient telephone and internet share sale and purchase service by our registrars. Shareview dealing is available for telephone purchases and sales on: 0870 850 0852 between 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday to Friday and for internet purchases and sales via www.shareview.co.uk/dealing. A postal dealing service is also available and a form together with terms and conditions can be obtained from Lloyds TSB Registrars by calling +44 (0)870 242 4244.

Stock Exchange listings

The ordinary shares of 25 pence each of the company are listed on the London Stock Exchange. Ordinary shares of the Company are also traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Shares and held in the form of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"). ADR holders receive the annual and interim reports issued to shareholders. The Company also files a Form 20-F each year with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Published information

Further copies of the Annual Report and the 2006 Form 20-F may be obtained from the Corporate Communications Department, Wolseley plc, Parkview 1220, Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading RG7 4GA. Company information may also be viewed on the Company's website at www.wolseley.com.

If you would like to receive a copy of the Annual Report in an alternative format, such as Braille or an audio version on CD, please contact the Group Company Secretariat on +44 (0)118 929 8700.

Corporate timetable

*Dates are based on current expectations.

The interim results and preliminary results announcements will be available on our website at www.wolseley.com following their release.