Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
10 January 2001



Kingfisher plc became aware on 9 January 2001 that:

1. Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,          
   technically became interested on that date in 5,200 Kingfisher plc ordinary 
   shares of 12.5p 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 5,200 Kingfisher plc ordinary shares of 12.5p each
   by virtue of the ESOP arranging for the allotment of such shares directly to
   the order of the employees exercising those options.

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:   Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy
             Mr William Whiting
             Mr Philip Rowley
             Mr Ian Cheshire
             Ms Helen Weir
             M.Jean-Noel Labroue

Contact: Graham Middleton, Director of Reward and Benefits
         Tel: [phone]