Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
19 March 2002

Kingfisher plc became aware on 15 March 2002 that:



1.      Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
technically became interested on that date in 40,000 Kingfisher plc ordinary
shares of 13.75p 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 40,000 Kingfisher plc ordinary shares of 13.75p
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 Ian Cheshire

Ms Helen Weir

M. Jean-Noel Labroue



Contact:            Catherine Callaghan, Group Share Schemes Manager

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