Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
11 August 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

KINGFISHER PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LISTING OF REGISTERED HOLDERS BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N/A

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

12.5 PENCE ORDINARY

10)  Date of transaction

8 AUGUST 2000

11)  Date company informed

10 AUGUST 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

41,848,233
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

M H STOKES   TEL: [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification


     Date of Notification   11TH AUGUST 2000


KINGFISHER         SEDOL NUMBER: 262015

As at 8 August 2000 Barclays PLC , through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had
a notifiable interest in 41,848,233 ORD GBP0.125 units representing 3.01%* of
the issued share capital of 1389891951* units.

Registered Holder                                               Holding

MSTC Nominees Ltd                                             9,215 963
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                               240,115
***Unknown***                                                    20,000
Barclays Capital (no.2) Nominees Limited                        693,093
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited               73520             90,055
Dematerialised                                                   24,891
Chase Nominees Limited                         16331            282,492
Chase Nominees Limited                         16338             26,538
Chase Nominees Limited                         16341          1,124,550
Chase Nominees Limited                         16342            119,856
Chase Nominees Limited                         16376            140,054
Chase Nominees Limited                         16400         12,192,049
Chase Nominees Limited                         16530          3,437,371
Chase Nominees Limited                         18409            386,754
DEM69                                                            50,832
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party nominee                  1,868
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                           13,444
***Unknown***                                                     8,002
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd - IMA                                 10,839
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - PEP                             1,628
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5781C     2,257,883
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited Account 5781C    25,188
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                     624
***Unknown***                                                   383,801
***Unknown***                                                     4,071
***Unknown***                                                    53,187
***Unknown***                                                     3,900 
***Unknown***                                                    14,376
***Unknown***                                                    24,809
Vidacos Nominees Limited designation BCG No.2                11,000,000

                                                  Total      41,848,233

*3.00% of the issued share capital of 1,393,273,569 units as at 8th August 2000.