Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC 8 January 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY KINGFISHER PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED AND CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPM 94,861 M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS G 129,290 MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI 140,628 MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) HBNL AC 954 PACS GLOBAL EQUITIES (UK) 5,640 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC 51,855,945 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC 634,486 PRUDENTIAL WORLD VALUE FUND 53,840 RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED 16,171 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) (N/A%) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) (N/A%) of issued Class 9) Class of security 12.5 PENCE ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction 31 DECEMBER 2000 11) Date company informed 5 JANUARY 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 52,661,815 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.77% 14) Any additional information WITH EFFECT FROM CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON 31 DECEMBER 2000, THE REGULATED BUSINESS OF M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD WAS TRANSFERRED TO PRUDENTIAL PORTFOLIO MANAGERS LTD, WHICH WAS RENAMED AS M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD ON 2 JANUARY 2001. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING MADE IN RESPECT OF THESE CHANGES AND SUPERCEDES THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IN RESPECT OF THE MAJOR INTEREST NOTIFIED IN RESPECT OF PRUDENTIAL CORPORATION ON 21 OCTOBER 1998 OF 3.93%. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries TRINA HILL 020 7725 5760 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....8 JANUARY 2001..........................

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