Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
22 March 2001


Kingfisher plc became aware on 21 March 2000 that:

1 Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
  technically became interested on that date in 800 Kingfisher plc ordinary
  shares of 12.5p each by virtue of the ESOP (a discretionary trust established
  by Kingfisher plc for the benefit of its employees and those of its
  subsidiaries) exercising rights to require Kingfisher to allot shares under
  arrangements for it to satisfy share options granted to employees.

2 Each of the below-named Directors of Kingfisher plc technically ceased to be
  interested on that date in 800 Kingfisher plc ordinary shares of 12.5p each
  by virtue of the ESOP arranging for the allotment of such shares directly to
  the order of the employees exercising those options.

Note:     For Companies Act purposes, certain Directors of Kingfisher plc,
whose names are set out below, together with all employees of the Company, are
deemed to have a technical interest in any shares in which Kingfisher's ESOP
has an interest. The interest ceases when the ESOP ceases to have such an
interest.

Directors:

Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy

Mr William Whiting

Mr Philip Rowley

Mr Ian Cheshire

Ms Helen Weir

M. Jean-Noel Labroue

Contact:     Graham Middleton, Director of Reward and Benefits

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