Internal Appointments

Kingfisher PLC
02 June 2005



                             Thursday 2nd June 2005

                                Kingfisher plc
                         Senior management appointments

Kingfisher plc today announces the following internal senior management
appointments:

Ian Cheshire, previously Chief Executive, International and Development, has
been appointed Chief Executive of B&Q, the UK's leading home improvement
retailer and Kingfisher's largest business.

Rob Cissell, previously Chief Executive of B&Q, becomes Chief Executive,
Commercial and Development. In this role Rob will be responsible for the
continuing development of Kingfisher's Strategic Supplier Management (SSM)
programme and private label development, replacing George Adams who will
concentrate exclusively on developing Kingfisher's UK Trade business. Rob will
also establish a formal exchange programme to accelerate product, service and
format innovation across the Group.

Ian Cheshire, Rob Cissell and George Adams will all continue to report to Gerry
Murphy, Kingfisher's Group Chief Executive, as will the Chief Executives of the
businesses in Eastern Europe, Italy and Asia.

Ian Cheshire, 45, joined the Group seven years ago and has been a director of
Kingfisher plc since 2000. Prior to today's announcement Ian was responsible for
the Group's retail businesses outside the UK, Ireland and France. Under his
leadership over the last three years, sales and profits of those businesses have
grown strongly. Previously, he was Kingfisher's Head of e-commerce and prior to
that Director of Strategy. Before joining Kingfisher he was Group Commercial
Director of Sears plc.

Rob Cissell, 45, joined Kingfisher 11 years ago and was Managing Director of
Comet and Commercial Director of Woolworths before joining B&Q in 2003,
initially as Managing Director, Commercial. Prior to joining Kingfisher he
worked at Argos and Bhs.

George Adams, 48, has been with Kingfisher for 13 years during which time he has
been Commercial Director for both B&Q and Woolworths. George has led
Kingfisher's Group supply programme since 2002 and was appointed to the dual
role of Chief Executive UK Trade in February 2005, responsible for Screwfix
Direct and the development of a new Kingfisher trade format for the UK market.


Commenting on the moves Gerry Murphy, Group Chief Executive, said:

'Today's internal appointments are about applying the strength and depth of
talented retail management at Kingfisher to today's challenges and
opportunities. Ian, Rob and George has each made a huge contribution to
Kingfisher's success over the years and I look forward to more progress in their
new roles.

'Ian has led Kingfisher's rapid expansion across eight countries in Europe and
Asia. His strategic leadership and diverse operational experience will be
extremely relevant to B&Q's continuing evolution as UK market leader. He also
brings to B&Q fresh perspectives on home improvement retail trends in some of
the world's most dynamic markets.

'George has successfully established Kingfisher's global SSM programme and he
can now focus exclusively on launching Kingfisher's new UK Trade format and on
expanding Screwfix Direct.

'Rob brings a wealth of commercial and retail management experience to his new
role as well as real flair for retail innovation. At B&Q he has accelerated the
introduction of new products and development of store formats, not least the
strong progress in mini-Warehouse revamping and development of the new Warehouse
format. In his new role, he will help fulfil Kingfisher's potential as a truly
international retailer, leveraging its unique diversity, as well as its scale.'

Enquiries:

Ian Harding, Group Communications Director 020 7644 1029

Nigel Cope, Head of Communications 020 7644 1030

Further copies of this announcement can be downloaded from www.kingfisher.com or
by application to: The Company Secretary, Kingfisher plc, 3 Sheldon Square,
London, W2 6PX.

Company Profile

Kingfisher plc is Europe's leading home improvement retailer with over 600
stores in Europe and Asia. Its major brands are B&Q, Castorama, Brico Depot and
Screwfix Direct. Kingfisher also has a 21% interest in, and a strategic alliance
with, Hornbach, Germany's leading DIY Warehouse retailer, with 117 stores across
Europe.

B&Q is the UK's leading home improvement retailer with 338 stores and
over 38,000 employees. For the year ended 29 January 2005 B&Q's sales were £4.1
billion and retail profit was £400 million.

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