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Shareholder information
Shareholders can register online to view their Wolseley plc shareholding details using Shareview, a service offered by our Registrars, Equiniti (formerly known as 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 hen need to enter your surname, postcode, email 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 email 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 email 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 ecommunications, the Company will arrange for a 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 2008.
Share dealingUK-based shareholders are also now offered a simple and convenient telephone and internet share sale and purchase service by our Registrars. Equiniti 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 Equiniti by calling 0870 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 Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA.
Published informationFurther copies of the Annual Report and the 2007 Form 20-F may be obtained from the Investor Relations 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 appropriate alternative format, such as Braille or an audio version on CD, please contact the Group Company Secretariat on 0118 929 8700.
Corporate timetable
| 9 November 2007 | – | Final date for DRIP elections |
| 28 November 2007 | – | Annual General Meeting and Interim Management Statement |
| 30 November 2007* | – | Proposed final dividend of 21.55 pence per share to be paid to shareholders who are on the Register of Members on 5 October 2007 |
| 17 March 2008* | – | Interim results for the half year ended 31 January 2008 announced |
| 2 April 2008* | – | Interim statement posted to shareholders |
| 21 May 2008* | – | Interim Management Statement |
| 30 May 2008* | – | Interim dividend to be paid to shareholders who are on the Register of Members on 28 March 2008 |
| 31 July 2008 | – | End of financial year 2007/08 |
| 22 September 2008* | – | Preliminary results for the year ended 31 July 2008 announced |
The interim results and preliminary results announcements will be available on the Company’s website at www.wolseley.com following their release.