NEWS RELEASE
May 14, 2008
Wolseley plc
Invitation to Wolseley plc Interim Management Statement
for the nine months ended 30 April 2008
to be held on Wednesday 21st May 2008
Wolseley plc will be holding a conference call to present its Interim Management
Statement for the nine months ended 30 April 2008 on Wednesday 21st May
2008 at 08.30 am (UK local time). The call will be hosted by Steve Webster,
Chief Financial Officer and Guy Stainer, Group Investor Relations Director.
If you would like to join the call, please use the numbers below. Please dial in 5
minutes beforehand and quote confirmation code 4145890
Participant dial in numbers:
0800 559 3282
1866 239 0750
0800 970 189
1800 992 778
0800 026 0068
800 21439
0200 887 736
00800 441 1650
0800 181 4184
+44(0)20 7138 0810
UK Toll free
US Toll free
France Toll free
Ireland Toll free
Netherlands Toll free
Luxembourg Toll free
Sweden Toll free
Poland Toll free
Germany Toll free
International Toll
A replay facility will be available until midnight on 28th May 2008 on the following
numbers:
Replay Passcode:
4145890#
Replay telephone numbers:
0800 559 3271
1866 883 4489
+44 (0)20 7806 1970
+1 718 354 1112
+61 (0)2 8223 9206
+43 (0)1 7957 6046
+32 (0)2 400 3465
+33 (0)1 71 23 02 48
+49 (0)89 2030 3236
+852 3002 1607
+353 (0)1 659 8321
+39 026 968 2247
+81 (0)3 3570 8212
+31 (0)20 713 2791
+351 2112 00410
+65 6823 2156
+34 91 788 9869
+46 (0)8 5876 9441
+41 (0)44 800 9657
UK Toll Free
USA Toll Free
UK Toll
USA Toll
Australia Toll
Austria Toll
Belgium Toll
France Toll
Germany Toll
Hong Kong Toll
Ireland Toll
Italy Toll
Japan Toll
Netherlands Toll
Portugal Toll
Singapore Toll
Spain Toll
Sweden Toll
Switzerland Toll
The presentation slides will be available from 08.30am (UK time) at
www.wolseley.com.
ENQUIRIES:
Analysts/Investors:
Guy Stainer
Group Investor Relations Director
+44 (0)118 929 8744
+44 (0)7739 778187
John English
Vice President, Investor Relations, North America
+1 513 771 9000
+1 513 328 4900
Media:
Mark Fearon
Director of Corporate Communications
+44 (0)118 929 8787
Certain statements included in this announcement may be forward-looking and may
involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by the forward looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections relating to results
of operations and financial conditions and the Company’s plans and objectives for
future operations including, without limitation, discussions of the Company’s business
and financial plans, expected future revenues and expenditures, investments and
disposals, risks associated with changes in economic conditions, the strength of the
plumbing and heating and building materials market in North America and Europe,
fluctuations in product prices and changes in exchange and interest rates. All
forward-looking statements in this respect are based upon information known to the
Company on the date of this announcement. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise. It is not reasonably possible to itemise
all of the many factors and events that could cause the Company’s forward-looking
statements to be incorrect or that could otherwise have a material adverse effect on
the future operations or results of the Company.
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
31 July 2007 was approximately £16.2 billion and trading profit was £877 million.
Wolseley has around 79,000 employees operating in 27 countries namely: Austria,
Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greenland,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico,
Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Trinidad &
Tobago, UK, USA. Wolseley is listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges
(LSE: WOS, NYSE: WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies.
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