Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
30 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

                                               201,000 MSTC Nominees Ltd

                                               20,000 unknown

                                               1,307,584 Barclays Capital
                                               Nominees Ltd

                                               134,475 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

                                               209,772 Chase Nominees Ltd 16376

                                               13,064,865 Chase Nominees Ltd
                                               16400

                                               3,150,192Chase Nominees Ltd
                                               16530

                                               308,495 Chase Nominees Ltd 18409

                                               57,406 DEM69

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

                                               1,071 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd
                                               as executor

                                               6,183 unknown

                                               12,735 Barclays Bank Trust Co
                                               Ltd - IMA

                                               113 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd -
                                               PEP

                                               6,583,331 Twenty-Nine
                                               Gracechurch Street Nominees Ltd
                                               a/c 5781C

                                               49,620 Twenty-Nine Gracechurch
                                               Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5781C

                                               130,359 Chase Manhattan Bank

                                               29,609 Chase Nominees Ltd a/c
                                               Lend 16201

                                               60,613 Chase Nominees Ltd a/c
                                               BGIOMNI 19688

                                               46,844 Investors Bank & Trust
                                               Company

                                               1,126,884 unknown

                                               532 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd

                                               516,448 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                      29 May 2001

11.   Date company informed                    30 May 2001

12.   Total holding following this             42,087,069
      notification

13.   Total percentage holding of issued class 3.01%
      following this notification

14.   Additional information                   see previous Schedule 10
                                               announcement dated 29 May 2001

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                     30 May 2001