Holding(s) in Company

Kingfisher PLC
30 August 2002



SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.         Name of company                                         KINGFISHER PLC
2.         Name of shareholder having a major interest             CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.
3.         State whether notification indicates that it is in
           respect of
           -    a holding of the shareholder named in 2. above

                a non-beneficial interest

           -    an individual holder's spouse or children under    HOLDER NAMED ABOVE
                the age of 18
           -
4.         Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one  Bank of New York Nominees -44,281
           holder, the number of shares held by each of them
                                                                   Chase Nominees Ltd - 218,502

                                                                   BT Globenet Nominees Ltd - 32,000

                                                                   Midland Bank plc - 23,172

                                                                   Deutsche Bank Mannheim - 2,727

                                                                   Nortrust Nominees - 182,989

                                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd - 24,300

                                                                   Deutsche Bank AG - 4,200

                                                                   ROY Nominees Ltd - 32,144

                                                                   Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd - 285,648

                                                                   Bank of New York Nominees -  5,335,075

                                                                   Chase Nominees Ltd - 4,416,000

                                                                   Bankers Trust - 3,442,600

                                                                   Morgan Guaranty - 437,200

                                                                   Nortrust Nominees - 2,284,500

                                                                   State Street Bank & Trust Co -  309,600

                                                                   Deutsche Bank AG - 1,073,144

                                                                   HSBC Bank plc - 1,180,600

                                                                   Mellon Bank N.A. - 38,635

                                                                   Bank One London - 155,200

                                                                   State Street Nominees Ltd -  1,524,990

                                                                   Chase Nominees Ltd - 104,307,570
5.         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired               NOT DISCLOSED
6.         Percentage of issued class                              4.8%
7.         Number of shares/amount of stock disposed               N/A
8.         Percentage of issued class                              N/A
9.         Class of security                                       ORDINARY SHARES OF 13.75p EACH
10.        Date of transaction                                     28 AUGUST 2002
11.        Date company informed                                   29 AUGUST 2002
12.        Total holding following this notification               125,355,077 SHARES
13.        Total percentage holding of issued class following this 4.8%
           notification
14.        Additional information:                                 N/A
15.        Name of contact and telephone number for queries        J WILSON
                                                                   020 7725 5853
16.        Name of authorised company official responsible for     J WILSON
           making this notification                                COMPANY SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT
           Date of notification                                    30 AUGUST 2002







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