Holding in Company

Kingspan Group PLC
01 August 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Kingspan Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Allied Irish Bank

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

Notification is in respect of shareholder named in 2 above.

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184321- Holding : 2,727,787
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184345 - Holding: 516,970
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/.C 184315 - Holding: 392,548
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184219 - Holding: 61,336
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184224 - Holding: 203,330
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184201 - Holding 3,746,449
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184316 - Holding 101,474
Bank of New York Nominees Ltd - Holding 153,830
Nortrust Nominees Ltd - Holding 651,534
Skerries Nominees Ltd - Holding 2,914,420
Nutraco Nominees Ltd - Holding 6,816
AIB Trust Company (Isle of Man) Ltd A/C 119 - Holding 5,400



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

n/a

6. Percentage of issued class

n/a

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

362,012

8. Percentage of issued class

0.22%

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares

10. Date of transaction


11. Date company informed

1st August 2003


12. Total holding following this notification

11,481,894


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.89%

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Dermot Mulvihill + 353 42 9698000

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Amanda McManus

Date of notification

30th July 2003


This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
                           the Irish Stock Exchange.



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