Holding(s) in Company

Kingfisher PLC
14 October 2002



SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.         Name of company                                           KINGFISHER PLC
2.         Name of shareholder having a major interest               CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.
3.         State whether notification indicates that it is in
           respect of
           -   a holding of the shareholder named in 2. above

               a non-beneficial interest

           -   an individual holder's spouse or children under the   HOLDER NAMED ABOVE
               age of 18
           -
4.         Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one    Bank of New York Nominees - 44,281
           holder, the number of shares held by each of them
                                                                     Chase Nominees Limited - 255,602
                                                                     BT Globenet Nominees Limited - 40,600
                                                                     Midland Bank plc - 23,172
                                                                     Deutsche Bank Mannheim - 2,727
                                                                     Nortrust Nominees - 182,989
                                                                     MSS Nominees Limited - 36,400
                                                                     Deutsche Bank AG - 4,200
                                                                     ROY Nominees Limited - 32,144
                                                                     Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited - 285,648
                                                                     Bank of New York Nominees - 5,882,271
                                                                     Northern Trust - 404,580
                                                                     Chase Nominees Limited - 4,684,006
                                                                     Bankers Trust - 3,442,600
                                                                     Morgan Guaranty - 437,200
                                                                     Nortrust Nominees - 1,972,500
                                                                     State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 309,600
                                                                     Deutsche Bank AG - 1,036,244
                                                                     HSBC Bank plc - 1,180,600
                                                                     Mellon Bank N.A. - 73,635
                                                                     Bank One London - 155,200
                                                                     MSS Nominees Limited - 15,645
                                                                     State Street Nominees Limited -
                                                                     1,524,990
                                                                     Chase Nominees Limited - 107,637,570
6.         Percentage of issued class                                5.00%
7.         Number of shares/amount of stock disposed                 N/A
8.         Percentage of issued class                                N/A
9.         Class of security                                         ORDINARY SHARES OF 13.75p EACH
10.        Date of transaction                                       10 OCTOBER 2002
11.        Date company informed                                     11 OCTOBER 2002
12.        Total holding following this notification                 129,634,404 SHARES
13.        Total percentage holding of issued class following this   5.00%
           notification
14.        Additional information:                                   N/A
15.        Name of contact and telephone number for queries          J WILSON

                                                                     020 7725 5853
16.        Name of authorised company official responsible for       J WILSON
           making this notification
                                                                     COMPANY SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT
           Date of notification                                      14 OCTOBER 2002







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