Holding(s) in Company

Kingspan Group PLC
12 December 2002

                                  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 28,202

HSBC - Holding, 2,800,000

State Street Nominees Ltd - Holding 35,800

Brown Brothers Harriman - Holding 15,600

State Street Bank & Trust - Holding 200,000

Morgan Stanley - Holding 34,600

Chase Nominees Ltd - Holding 1,059,839

National Irish Bank - Holding 800,000

National Irish Bank - Holding 1,897,798

Allied Irish Bank - Holding 174,617

MSS Nominees Ltd - Holding 1,207,400

Bank of Ireland - Holding 198,300

JP Morgan - Holding 1,431,900

Chase Manhattan Bank London - Holding 385,800

Citibank- Holding 392,600


5. Class of security
Ordinary Shares

6. Date company informed
12th December 2002

7. Total holding following this notification
11,177,097

8. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
6.56%

9. Any additional information


 10. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Amanda McManus + 353 42 9698008

11. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Amanda McManus

Date of notification
12th December 2002




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