Announcement by Liberty Surf Group

Kingfisher PLC
3 March 2000


                    ANNOUNCEMENT BY LIBERTY SURF GROUP S.A.
                                       
Kingfisher draws attention to the attached announcement by Liberty Surf in
France on 3 March 2000.

Liberty Surf is one of Europe's premier internet providers and 45.5 percent
owned by Kingfisher and has also today announced that its shares will be
listed on the Paris Bourse later this month.


For further information

Kingfisher plc                          [phone]
Web                                     www.kingfisher.co.uk

Media enquiries
Gwen Gober
Director of Corporate Affairs           [phone]

Broker and Institutional Enquiries
Keith Williams
Director of Investor Relations          [phone]

France
Graham Fairbank
Head of Corporate Communications        [phone]


       LIBERTY SURF GROUP S.A. ACQUIRES A MAJORITY STAKE  OF HISPAVISTA
                                       
Liberty Surf has taken a majority stake in Hispavista. The operation
represents a new and a major step in its international development strategy.

Hispavista is one of the very important players in the Spanish speaking
internet scene, which includes the Latin-American and North-American market.
The operation gives Liberty Surf the opportunity to launch free internet
access services in Spain within the next few months, under the European brand
name Liberty Surf.

The Hispavista company provides a sound basis for the launching of Liberty
Surf's free internet access in Spain, providing a high traffic portal, Spanish
speaking content, know-how and a management team for the Spanish speaking
operations.

The four major Spanish-language portals operated by Hispavista consist of :

- Hispavista.com a horizontal internet portal, first launched in June 1997
  and  ranking  among  the  top  ten most-visited portals  (according  to    
  The Asociacion para la Investigacion de los Medios de Comunicacion). It 
  offers its users an internet directory and search engine as well as other 
  information and value-added internet services.

- Trabajos.com, a major provider of online recruiting and career  services
  created in June 1996 and containing more than 39,000 CVs of individuals 
  from 16 different  countries. It also seeks to address the needs  of   
  employers and recruitment agencies by providing them with a flexible and
  cost-effective way to manage recruiting processes.

- Labolsa.com, a financial information portal created in September 1996 and
  providing its users with a wide range of financial information resources.  
  Its early  entry into the Spanish internet market favoured the development  
  of a strong community of financial investors using it in their daily 
  operations.

- Galeon,  a  free  web-hosting and virtual community portal launched  in
  October 1999 which gained over 11,000 subscribers in five months.


For more information, please contact :

Liberty Surf
Stephanie Raynaud
Euro-Rscg Corporate                         [phone]

Hispavista
Idoia Soto                                  [phone]