Holding(s) in Company

Kingfisher PLC
09 January 2006


                   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                     3,964,600
BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                         3,531,587
NORTHERN TRUST                                    316,000
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AUSTRALIA LIMITED            15,500
CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                            21,672,290
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                          859,875
MIDLAND BANK PLC                                  3,906,462
CEDE & CO                                         480,400
DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM                            6,400
BANKERS TRUST                                     1,592,200
BARCLAYS BANK                                     38,200
CITIBANK LONDON                                   19,000
ROYAL TRUST                                       38,100
BROWN BROS.                                       46,700
NORTRUST NOMINEES                                 6,129,898
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND                            112,100
MSS NOMINEES LIMITED                              121,650
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO.                     278,800
CITIBANK                                          31,500
RBSTB NOMINEES LTD                                16,200
DEUTSCHE BANK AG                                  13,775
HSBC BANK PLC                                     7,000
MELLON BANK N.A.                                  180,100
ROY NOMINEES LIMITED                              7,800
MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED                      1,459,975
HSBC                                              12,100
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK                              1,831,600
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                                  108,000
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                            193,887,308
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO.                     183,560

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

14,025,474

6. Percentage of issued class

0.59%

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

5 JANUARY 2006

11. Date company informed

9 JANUARY 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

296,501,717

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

12.6%

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

9 JANUARY 2006

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