Directorate Change

Kingfisher PLC
04 October 2002


4 October 2002

KINGFISHER BOARD CHANGES


Kingfisher plc today announced the following Board changes:

Phil Bentley (aged 43) has today been appointed a non-executive Director.  He is
currently Group Finance Director of Centrica plc and brings considerable
financial, treasury and other commercial experience to the Kingfisher Board,
having also previously held senior positions in BP and Diageo. He will become
Chairman of the audit committee after its next meeting on 8 November 2002.

Hartmut Kramer (aged 55) will join the Board as a non-executive Director on 8
November 2002.  He has many years of experience of European retailing, having
been CEO of the retail clothing group, Peek & Cloppenburg, and subsequently of
Groupe Redcats, the home shopping division of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute.

Anthony Percival (aged 62) will retire from the Board on 31 October 2002 when
his present contract expires.  He has been an executive Director since 1995 and
was Finance Director from 1995 to 1998.

John Bullock (aged 69) will retire from the Board on 31 December 2002.  He has
been a non-executive Director since 1993 and is both chairman of the Kingfisher
audit committee and a member of the CDI audit committee.

Welcoming the new appointments, Kingfisher's Chairman, Francis Mackay said:

'I am looking forward to the contribution that both Phil Bentley and Hartmut
Kramer will be able to make to the Board as Kingfisher continues its
transformation into a dedicated and integrated pan-European home improvement
business.  I would like to express the Board's appreciation for the time
commitment and the contributions and detailed input that Anthony Percival and
John Bullock have each made to the development of the business whilst they have
been Directors of Kingfisher. We wish both of them enjoyable and well-earned
retirements.'

Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy, Chief Executive said:

'I would also like to welcome Phil Bentley and Harmut Kramer to the Board and
to add my own note of thanks to John Bullock and Anthony Percival for their
years of service to Kingfisher.  Both of them have provided us with excellent
advice and guidance in their capacities as Directors of Kingfisher and they
leave the Board with our thanks, appreciation, and good wishes for the future.'

Notification of details requiring disclosure under paragraph 16.4 of the FSA
Listing Rules in respect of Phillip Bentley and Hartmut Kramer will be made in
due course.

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Further Enquiries:

Broker and Institutional Enquiries
Ian Harding, Director of Investor Relations                [phone]

Media Enquiries:
Andrew Mills, Director of Corporate Affairs                [phone]

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