Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
03 July 2003


Kingfisher plc became aware on 1 July 2003 that:


1.      Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
technically became interested on that date in 529 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 529 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. 
Followingthis transaction, the ESOP held 37,139,193 Kingfisher Ordinary shares 
of 13.75p each.

Directors:

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

Contact:

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


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