Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
4 May 2001



SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.    Name of company                          Kingfisher plc
2.    Name of shareholder having a major       Barclays PLC
      interest
3.    State whether notification indicates     Barclays PLC through its
      that it is in respect of                 subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC
      -     a holding of the shareholder named
            in 2. above

            a non-beneficial interest
      -
            an individual holder's spouse or
      -     children under the age of 18
4.    Name of the registered holder(s) and, if 3,497,366 Barclaytrust Channel
      more than one holder, the number of      Islands Ltd / Barclays Private
      shares held by each of them              Bank & Trust (IOM) Ltd

                                               9,184,180 MSTC Nominees Ltd

                                               208,335 MSTC Nominees Ltd

                                               20,000 unknown

                                               1,307,584 Barclays Capital
                                               Nominees Ltd

                                               135,898 Bank of Ireland Nominees
                                               Ltd 73520

                                               9,371 Dematerialised

                                               479,159 Chase Nominees Ltd 16331

                                               65,808 Chase Nominees Ltd 16338

                                               1,135,653 Chase Nominees Ltd
                                               16341

                                               119,856 Chase Nominees Ltd 16342

                                               212,898 Chase Nominees Ltd 16376

                                               13,217,021 Chase Nominees Ltd
                                               16400

                                               3,115,990 Chase Nominees Ltd
                                               16530

                                               306,877 Chase Nominees Ltd 18409

                                               56,437 DEM69

                                               1,586 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd
                                               & third party nominee

                                               1,071 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd
                                               as executor

                                               7,938 unknown

                                               14,190 Barclays Bank Trust Co
                                               Ltd - IMA

                                               113 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd -
                                               PEP

                                               6,649,092 Twenty-Nine
                                               Gracechurch Street Nominees Ltd
                                               a/c 5781C

                                               48,258 Twenty-Nine Gracechurch
                                               Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5781C

                                               175,623 Chase Manhattan Bank

                                               29,609 Chase Nominees Ltd a/c
                                               Lend 16201

                                               22,431 Chase Nominees Ltd a/c
                                               BGIOMNI 19688

                                               46,844 Investors Bank & Trust
                                               Company

                                               1,122,898 unknown

                                               532 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd

                                               505,577 unknown

                                               10,398 unknown

                                               49,976 unknown

                                               3,900 unknown

                                               14,376 unknown

                                               24,809 unknown

                                               472,500 Nutraco Nominees Ltd
5.    Number of shares/amount of stock         not stated
      acquired
6.    Percentage of issued class               not stated
7.    Number of shares/amount of stock         N/A
      disposed
8.    Percentage of issued class               N/A
9.    Class of security                        121/2 pence Ordinary
10.   Date of transaction                      not stated
11.   Date company informed                    4 May 2001
12.   Total holding following this             42,274,154
      notification
13.   Total percentage holding of issued class 3.02%
      following this notification


14.   Additional information
15.   Name of contact and telephone number for M H Stokes  Tel: [phone]
      queries
16.   Name of authorised company official      M H Stokes - Deputy Company
      responsible for making this notification Secretary
      Date of notification                     4 May 2001