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Kingfisher PLC 17 November 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 181,000 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 2,486,387 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AUSTRALIA LIMITED 27,200 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 3,398,332 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 295,375 MIDLAND BANK PLC 206,575 CEDE & CO 248,400 DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM 6,400 BANKERS TRUST 13,200 NORTRUST NOMINEES 1,212,898 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 24,000 MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 60,250 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 56,800 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD 16,200 DEUTSCHE BANK AG 13,775 HSBC BANK PLC 900 ROY NOMINEES LIMITED 7,800 MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 223,175 HSBC 12,100 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 61,600 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 334,600 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 5,155,873 NORTHERN TRUST 2,685,129 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 4,008,648 MIDLAND BANK PLC 85,300 BANKERS TRUST 300,937 BARCLAYS BANK 73,000 CITIBANK LONDON 356,900 MORGAN GUARANTY 308,150 NORTRUST NOMINEES 4,352,246 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 260,000 MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 127,200 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 534,900 NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 58,100 LLOYDS BANK 49,900 CITIBANK NA 53,600 DEUTSCHE BANK AG 1,359,451 CHASE MANHATTAN NOMINEE LTD 131,000 HSBC BANK PLC 1,474,567 MELLON BANK NA 242,143 KAS UK 103,700 BANK ONE LONDON 283,312 CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 116,800 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 38,200 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 21,800 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 43,500 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 497,700 MIDLAND BANK PLC 48,800 BARCLAYS BANK 56,900 PICTET & CIE, GENEVA 17,500 NORTRUST NOMINEES 31,200 MORGAN STANLEY 35,600 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 147,300 J.P. MORGAN 1,884,700 NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 36,800 LLOYDS BANK 31,600 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD 86,200 HSBC BANK PLC 264,200 BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 20,600 NORTRUST NOMINEES 211,238 HSBC BANK PLC 33,000 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 17,602,467 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 206,230,100 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 183,560 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 3,102,650 6. Percentage of issued class 0.13% 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 15 NOVEMBER 2005 11. Date company informed 17 NOVEMBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 258,530,788 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.0% 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 17 NOVEMBER 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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