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Kingfisher PLC 22 December 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company KINGFISHER PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC. 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 HOLDER NAMED ABOVE 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 3,519,500 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 3,290,487 NORTHERN TRUST 286,500 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AUSTRALIA LIMITED 27,200 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 19,672,390 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 797,175 MIDLAND BANK PLC 3,557,062 CEDE & CO 457,600 DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM 6,400 BANKERS TRUST 1,331,700 BARCLAYS BANK 32,400 CITIBANK LONDON 13,800 ROYAL TRUST 32,300 BROWN BROS. 39,600 NORTRUST NOMINEES 5,516,198 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 100,100 MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 108,350 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 248,300 CITIBANK 25,700 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD 16,200 DEUTSCHE BANK AG 13,775 HSBC BANK PLC 900 MELLON BANK N.A. 161,400 ROY NOMINEES LIMITED 7,800 MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 1,317,975 HSBC 12,100 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 1,649,300 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 483,900 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 6,167,673 NORTHERN TRUST 2,849,829 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 5,371,348 MIDLAND BANK PLC 184,600 BANKERS TRUST 289,800 BARCLAYS BANK 131,400 CITIBANK LONDON 884,000 MORGAN GUARANTY 308,150 NORTRUST NOMINEES 4,440,259 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 657,300 MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 127,200 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 657,100 NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 68,900 LLOYDS BANK 83,000 CITIBANK NA 69,600 DEUTSCHE BANK AG 1,431,351 CHASE MANHATTAN NOMINEE LTD 197,800 HSBC BANK PLC 1,609,767 MELLON BANK NA 221,643 KAS UK 165,000 BANK ONE LONDON 378,712 CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 219,000 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 49,000 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 39,300 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 74,100 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 835,500 MIDLAND BANK PLC 94,500 BARCLAYS BANK 99,300 PICTET & CIE, GENEVA 23,700 NORTRUST NOMINEES 41,100 MORGAN STANLEY 46,400 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 239,700 J.P. MORGAN 3,013,000 NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 36,800 LLOYDS BANK 48,300 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD 142,600 HSBC BANK PLC 516,900 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 20,600 NORTRUST NOMINEES 346,438 HSBC BANK PLC 84,900 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 22,978,067 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 184,322,934 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 183,560 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 16,520,745 6. Percentage of issued class 0.31% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 15 5/7 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction 20 DECEMBER 2005 11. Date company informed 22 DECEMBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 282,476,243 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.0% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries JULIE WILSON 020 7644 1043 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification JULIE WILSON ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 22 DECEMBER 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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