Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
17 January 2001

Kingfisher plc became aware on 16 January 2001 that:

1.    Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
technically became interested on that date in 15,600 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 15,600 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]