Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
5 October 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 SCHEDULE 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

     3 OCTOBER 2000

11)  Date company informed

     5 OCTOBER 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

     46,595,124
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.34%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     TRINA HILL
     TEL [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification   M H STOKES - ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY


     Date of Notification ...5TH OCTOBER 2000..................



Barclays Bank PLC - Registered Holders Analysis

KINGFISHER              Sedol Number: 262015

As at 3 October 2000 Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had
a notifiable interest in 46,595,124 ORD GBP0.125 units representing 3.34% of the
issued share capital of 1,394,613,652.


Registered Holder                                                  Holding

MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                9,220,458
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                  237,515
*** Unknown ***                                                     20,000
Barclays Capital (no. 2) Nominees Limited                          995,941
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                      73520         98,080
Dematerialised                                                      24,891
Chase Nominees Limited                                16331        479,159
Chase Nominees Limited                                16338         37,898
Chase Nominees Limited                                16341      1,124,550
Chase Nominees Limited                                16342        119,856
Chase Nominees Limited                                16376        138,635
Chase Nominees Limited                                16400     11,988,165
Chase Nominees Limited                                16530      3,437,371
Chase Nominees Limited                                18409        647,876
DEM69                                                               49,969
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party nominee                       730
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                              13,444
*** Unknown ***                                                      6,350
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd - IMA                                    13,464
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - PEP                                  508
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5781C        6,064,931
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited Account 5781C       27,247
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                        624
*** Unknown ***                                                    383,092
*** Unknown ***                                                      6,018
*** Unknown ***                                                     51,631 
*** Unknown ***                                                      3,900
*** Unknown ***                                                     14,376
*** Unknown ***                                                     24,809
Vidacos Nominees Limited designation BCG No. 2                  11,363,636

                                         TOTAL                  46,595,124