Holding(s) in Company

Kingspan Group PLC
07 January 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Kingspan Group Plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Fidelity Investments

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

Allied Irish Bank - Holding 500,000

BBH - Holding 14,641

Mellon Bank - Holding 18,302

HSBC - Holding, 2,800,000

State Street Nominees Ltd - Holding 24,000

Brown Brothers Harriman - Holding 8,100

State Street Bank & Trust - Holding 200,000

Morgan Stanley - Holding 23,100

Chase Nominees Ltd - Holding 682,439

National Irish Bank - Holding 800,000

National Irish Bank - Holding 1,555,500

Allied Irish Bank - Holding 127,417

MSS Nominees Ltd - Holding 791,501

Bank of Ireland - Holding 127,900

JP Morgan - Holding 1,087,300

Chase Manhattan Bank London - Holding 292,900

Citibank- Holding 234,100


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

1,889,897

8. Percentage of issued class

1.13%

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares

10. Date of transaction



11. Date company informed

3rd January 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

9,287,200

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.58%

14. Any additional information




15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Amanda McManus + 353 42 9698008

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

Amanda McManus

Date of notification

7th January 2003


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