Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
16 December 2005


Kingfisher plc became aware on 16th December 2005 that:


1.  Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
    technically became interested on that date in 50,444 Kingfisher plc ordinary
    shares of 155/7p each by virtue of the ESOP (a discretionary trust 
    established by Kingfisher plc for the benefit of its employees and those of 
    its subsidiaries) exercising rights to require Kingfisher to allot shares 
    under arrangements for it to satisfy share options granted to employees.

2.  Each of the below-named Directors of Kingfisher plc technically ceased
    to be interested on that date in 50,444 Kingfisher plc ordinary shares of 
    155/7p each by virtue of the ESOP arranging for the allotment of such shares 
    directly to the order of the employees exercising those options.

The total holding of the ESOP following this allotment was 24,493,447 Kingfisher
shares and 59,988 Kesa Electricals plc shares.


Note: For Companies Act purposes, certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose
names are set out below, together with all employees of the Company, are deemed
to have a technical interest in any shares in which Kingfisher's ESOP has an
interest. The interest ceases when the ESOP ceases to have such an interest.



Directors:     Mr Gerry Murphy
               Mr Ian Cheshire
               Mr Duncan Tatton-Brown


Contact:       William Thomas, Senior Share Schemes Administrator
               Tel: [phone]






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