Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
26 September 2001



SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.  Name of company                               Kingfisher plc

2.  Name of shareholder having a major interest   Allianz AG

3.  State whether notification indicates that it
    is in respect of
    -         a holding of the shareholder named  Allianz AG and its
              in 2. above                         subsidiaries
                                                  
              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 more
    than one holder, the number of shares held by
    each of them:


    DrKWS Nominees Limited A/C TRANS    (number not disclosed)
    DrKWS Nominees Limited A/C C EVENT (number not disclosed)

5.  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired     not disclosed

6.  Percentage of issued class                    not disclosed

7.  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed     n/a

8.  Percentage of issued class                    n/a

9.  Class of security                             133/4 pence Ordinary

10. Date of transaction                           not disclosed

11. Date company informed                         26th September 2001

12. Total holding following this notification     49,512,794 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class      3.87%
    following this notification

14. Additional information:



    Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Limited ('DKWSL') is interested
    in 43,448,032 shares (3.396%)

    Dresdner Investments (UK) Limited, Zenon Beteiligungs GmbH and Dresdner
    Kleinwort Wasserstein Group Limited are interested in 43,472,941 shares
    (3.398%)

    Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH and Dresdner Bank AG are interested in
    46,824,615 shares (3.66%)

    DKWSL have stated that, to their knowledge, neither DKWSL nor any parties
    referred to above, is or has been party to any arrangement under Section
    204 of the Companies Act 1985 or to any agreement or arrangement relating
    to the exercise of any rights conferred by the shares.


15. Name of contact and telephone number    M H Stokes
    for queries
                                            020 7725 5883
16. Name of authorised company official     M H Stokes
    responsible for making this             Deputy Company Secretary
    notification                            
    Date of notification                    26th September 2001