Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Kingfisher PLC
26 April 2000

Kingfisher became aware on 26 April 2000 that:

1.  Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,         
   technically became interested on that date in 1,084,800 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 1,084,800 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.

3.  Each of the below-named Directors of Kingfisher plc technically became      
   interested on that date in 815,772 Kingfisher plc ordinary shares of 12.5p   
  each by virtue of the ESOP purchasing 815,772 shares from employees who       
had exercised options as aforesaid.

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 Roger Holmes
             Mr Philip Rowley

Contact:     Graham Middleton, Director of Reward and Benefits
             Tel: [phone]