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Kingfisher PLC 22 March 2000 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THINKNATURAL.COM Kingfisher plc draws attention to the attached announcement by ThinkNatural.com in the UK on 22 March 2000. ThinkNatural is Europe's first online retailer of natural health products. Kingfisher plc is to make a cash investment of £3 million for a minority stake. For further information Kingfisher plc + 44 (0) 7724 7749 www.kingfisher.co.uk ThinkNatural.com + 44 (0) 20 7224 4554 Press office www.thinknatural.com Media enquiries Gwen Gober Director of Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 20 7724 7749 Broker and Institutional enquiries Keith Williams Director of Investor Relations + 44 (0) 20 7725 5776 22 March 2000 ThinkNatural Moves Into The Major League With Kingfisher plc Investment from Kingfisher plc and an alliance with Superdrug cement ThinkNatural's 'clicks and mortar' strategy. 22nd March 2000 - ThinkNatural, Europe's leading online retailer of natural health products, today announced that Kingfisher plc is to invest £3 million for a minority stake as part of its latest round of equity funding. Kingfisher plc owns Superdrug, Woolworths, B&Q and Comet in the UK, Darty and Castorama in France, and has retail operations in 15 countries. Kingfisher also owns a 38% stake in LibertySurf, the leading free Internet service provider in France. As part of the deal, ThinkNatural will gain high street promotion through Superdrug's 704 UK stores, and access to the supply chain and buying power of the health and beauty giant. 'The link with Superdrug fits perfectly with our strategy of moving the business beyond being a pure dotcom.' said Carol Dukes, CEO and co-founder of ThinkNatural. 'We had already started down this route with a mail order catalogue due to launch next month. Superdrug's high street distribution of the ThinkNatural catalogue and our own label products will propel ThinkNatural from its market leading position on the Internet to being a major player in the natural healthcare sector both online and offline.' ThinkNatural.com was launched last year by Carol Dukes and Emma Crowe with venture capital backing led by Amadeus Capital Partners. It is Europe's first online retailer of natural health products, offering thousands of product lines and a huge information resource covering vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements, homeopathy and aromatherapy. For more information, contact: Andy Brown/ Liz Ryan Gwen Gober - Director of Corporate Affairs Flapjack Communications Kingfisher Plc T : 020 7224 4554 T: 020 7724 7749 Thinknatural@flapjack.com www.kingfisher.co.uk Repro-ready photography is available for download at www.reproready.com

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