Holding(s) in Company

Kingspan Group PLC
27 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 : 2,730,381

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 155,570

Nortrust Nominees Ltd - Holding 651,534

Skerries Nominees Ltd - Holding 3,107,920

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
95,836

6. Percentage of issued class
0.057%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
n/a

8. Percentage of issued class
n/a

9. Class of security
Ordinary Shares

10. Date of transaction


 11. Date company informed
27th August 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
11,679,728



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

       7.01%

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
27th August 2003




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