Holding(s) in Company

Kingfisher PLC
23 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                         2,494,587
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.                     64,600
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                                 4,019,259
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                     18,028,067
CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                            210,490,400
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO.                     183,560

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

4,368,913

6. Percentage of issued class

0.18%

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

18 NOVEMBER 2005

11. Date company informed

21 NOVEMBER 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

262,899,701

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.2%

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

23 NOVEMBER 2005

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