Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
19 June 2003


Kingfisher plc became aware on 18 June 2003 that:

     
1.   Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
     technically became interested on that date in 77,693 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 77,693 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.   Following
this transaction, the ESOP held 37,139,193 Kingfisher Ordinary shares of 13.75p
each.


Directors:

          Mr Gerry Murphy
          Mr William Whiting
          Mr Ian Cheshire
          Ms Helen Weir
          M. Jean-Noel Labroue


Contact:

Catherine Callaghan, Group Share Schemes Manager
Tel: [phone]


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