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For Immediate Release
December 8, 2008


Long-time Ferguson veteran appointed business manager for power sector

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. - Wolseley North America recently appointed Frank Durham to the position of business manager overseeing the power sector of the industrial business group. Durham’s new position will Wolseley furthers the company’s expansion into the power sector of the North American industrial market. 

Durham began his career with Ferguson in 2006, as a Branch Manager in Evansville, Ind.  He was most recently a Business Development Manager for the central region.

“I am excited about the opportunity to work in the hottest industrial market segment in North America,” said Durham.  “My goal is to work with customers at all levels – power producers, engineers, procurement and construction firms, as well as fabricators and contractors – to provide industrial business and product solutions.”

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Ferguson
Headquartered in Newport News, Va., Ferguson is a leading wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies; pipes, valves and fittings; heating and cooling equipment; waterworks; and appliances; tools and safety equipment; and fire protection products. Ferguson has sales of $9.1 billion and approximately 17,000 associates in approximately 1,350 service centers located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Caribbean. For more information, visit www.ferguson.com.

Ferguson is part of Wolseley plc, the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building materials to the professional markets. Group revenue for the year ended July 31, 2009, was approximately $22.6 billion and trading profit, before exceptional items and amortization and impairment of acquired intangibles was $702 million. At July year-end, Wolseley had around 51,000 employees operating in 27 countries namely: U.K., U.S., France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Slovak Republic, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Barbados and Greenland. Wolseley plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies.


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