Notes to the company financial statements
Year ended 31 July 2009

10. Retirement benefit obligations

The Company participates in the Wolseley Group Retirement Benefits Plan. This is a defined benefit multi-employer plan, the assets and liabilities of which are held independently from the Group. The Company is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities of the plan and accordingly accounts for the plan as if it were a defined contribution plan. Information in respect of the plan is provided in note 32, to the Wolseley plc consolidated financial statements. The total contribution to the defined benefit plan in the year was £nil (2008: £nil).