Holding in Company

Kingspan Group PLC
19 December 2003

Kingspan Group Plc



19 December 2003



Re: Holding in Company



A Letter from Fidelity Investments dated 17 Decemebr 2003 to Kingspan Group Plc,
received by Kingspan Group Plc on the 18 December 2003.







SECTION 67, COMPANIES ACT 1990

NOTICE OF INTEREST IN VOTING SHARES



ENCLOSED ARE  NOTIFICATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS UNDER THE IRISH COMPANIES
ACT 1990. PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THIS INFORMATION DETAILS THE DISCLOSABLE
INTERESTS OF MORE THAN ONE ENTITY, THE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES SEPARATE
NOTIFICATIONS OF INTEREST WHICH HAVE BEEN COMBINED SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF
CLARITY AND EFFICIENCY. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO INDICATE THAT ANY OF THESE
ENTITIES ACT AS A GROUP OR IN CONCERT WITH RESPECT TO THESE INTERESTS.



THESE DISCLOSURES ARE MADE IN THE INTEREST OF CONFORMITY WITH THE COMPANIES ACT.
THE INTEREST DETAILED HEREIN WAS ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. FOR
DISCLOSURE PURPOSES, HOLDINGS SHOULD BE REPRESENTED AS FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT
AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED(FIL) AND ITS DIRECT
AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES BOTH BEING NON-BENEFICIAL HOLDERS.



Eleanor Chemlon

Sr.Compliance Specialist

Fidelity Investments



AMENDMENT 14



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 67 - IRISH COMPANIES ACT





1. COMPANY IN WHICH SHARES ARE HELD:  KINGSPAN GROUP PLC

2. NOTIFIABLE INTEREST: ORDINARY SHARES

   (A)    FMR CORP.

          82 DEVONSHIRE STREET

          BOSTON, MA 02109



PARENT HOLDING COMPANY OF FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY (FMRCO),
INVESTMENT MANAGER OF US MUTUAL FUNDS AND FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY
(FMTC), A US STATE CHARTERES BANK WHICH ACTS AS A TRUSTEE OR INVESTMENT MANAGER
OF VARIOUS PENSION AND TRUST ACCOUNTS. (SEE SCHEDULE A FOR LISTING OF REGISTERED
SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR HOLDINGS)



   (B)   FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED(FIL)

         P.O. BOX HM 670

         HAMILTON HMCX, BERMUDA



PARENT HOLDING COMPANY FOR VARIOUS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES .  (SEE
SCHEDULE A FOR LISTING OF REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR HOLDINGS)





3. THE NOTIFIABLE INTERESTS ALSO COMPRISE THE NOTIFIABLE INTERST OF:

         MR. EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3d

          82 DEVONSHIRE STREET

          BOSTON, MA 02109



A PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER AND CHAIRMAN OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED.





4. THESE NOTIFICATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS CONSTITUTE SEPARATE
NOTIFICATIONS OF INTEREST IN THE SHARES AND ARE COMBINED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES
OF CLARITY AND EFFICIENCY NOTHING HEREIN SHOULD BE TAKEN TO INDICATE THAT FMR
CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, OR MR, EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3d ACT AS A
GROUP OR IN CONCERT IN RESPECT OF THE DISCLOSED INTERESTS, OR THAT THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THESE NOTIFICATIONS ON A JOINT BASIS.





5. THE DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS ARISE UNDER SECTION 67 OF THE ACT,

NAMELY WHERE A PERSON, NOT BEING THE REGISTERED HOLDER, IS ENTITLED TO EXERCISE
A RIGHT CONFERRED BY THE HOLDING OF THE SHARES OR TO CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF
SUCH RIGHTS, RESPECTIVELY.



ERIC D.ROITER

SENIOR V.P. & GENERAL COUNSEL -FMR CO.

DULY AUTHORIZED UNDER POWERS OF ATTORNEY DATED

DECEMEBR 30, 1997, BY AND ON BEHALF OF FMR CORP, AND ITS DIRECT

AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES



SCHEDULE A



SECURITY: KINGSPAN GROUP PLC




(ORDINARY SHARES)           SHARES HELD                 MANAGEMENT COMPANY         NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                            3,375,000                   FMRCO                      Allied Irish Bank
                            334,737                     FMRCO                      Mellon Bank
                            1,400,000                   FMRCO                      HSBC
                            225.000                     FMTC                       State Street Bank and Trust
                            145,700                     FIL                        Allied Irish Bank
                            907,800                     FIL                        MSS Nominees Ltd
                            214,700                     FIL                        Bank of Ireland
                            244,300                     FIL                        Citibank
                            86,700                      FIL                        Chase Manhattan Bank London
                            3,119,905                   FIL                        HSBC Client Holdings
                                                                                   Nonimee (UK) Ltd

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES       13,053,842
CURRENT OWNERSHIP           7.92%
PERCENTAGE
SHARES IN ISSUE             164,915,401
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE    +4,952,842 Ordinary Shares
LAST FILING



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