Holding(s) in Company

Kingspan Group PLC
13 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 16,702

HSBC - Holding, 2,800,000

State Street Nominees Ltd - Holding 21,900

Brown Brothers Harriman - Holding 7,400

State Street Bank & Trust - Holding 200,000

Morgan Stanley - Holding 21,100

Chase Nominees Ltd - Holding 451,139

National Irish Bank - Holding 681,000

National Irish Bank - Holding 1,324,000

Allied Irish Bank - Holding 110,117

MSS Nominees Ltd - Holding 525,801

Bank of Ireland - Holding 98,100

JP Morgan - Holding 925,400

Chase Manhattan Bank London - Holding 249,300

Citibank- Holding 154,400


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
1,186,200

8. Percentage of issued class
0.71%

9. Class of security
Ordinary Shares

10. Date of transaction


 11. Date company informed
9th  January 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
8,101,000

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.8%

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
13th January 2003




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