WOS Wolseley

CINCINNATI, April 17 /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 hosting a visit for analysts and investors on Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18, 2007 to Wolseley UK's new National Distribution Centre at Leamington Spa. The visit will include presentations on Wolseley UK operations and DT Group. No material new information will be disclosed in the presentations and there will be no statement on current trading. The presentations will be webcast live at 08:00am UK time on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 accessible through the Company's website, http://www.wolseley.com/. About Wolseley plc Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building materials in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group revenue for the year ended July 31, 2006 was approximately 14.2 billion pounds Sterling and operating profit, before amortization of acquired intangibles, was 882 million pounds. Wolseley has around 78,200 employees operating in 28 countries namely: UK, USA, France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Slovak Republic, Poland, Romania, Croatia, San Marino, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Barbados and Greenland. Wolseley is listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges (LSE:WOS.L), (NYSE:WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies. DATASOURCE: Wolseley plc CONTACT: Guy Stainer, Head of Investor Relations for Wolseley plc, +44 118 929 8744, or +44 7739 778187, or John R. English, Vice President, Investor Relations, North America, +1-513-771-9000, or +1-513-328-4900, or Andrew Fenwick or Nina Coad of Brunswick, +44 20 7404 5959 Web site: http://www.wolseley.com/

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