Director Shareholding

Kingfisher PLC
15 December 2003


Kingfisher plc became aware on 12 December 2003 that:

     
1.   Certain Directors of Kingfisher plc, whose names are set out below,
     technically became interested on that date in 93,436 Kingfisher plc 
     ordinary shares of 15 5/7p 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 93,436 Kingfisher plc ordinary shares of 
     15 5/7p each by virtue of the ESOP arranging for the allotment of such 
     shares directly to the order of the employees exercising those options.

The shares were purchased from the ESOP at prices of £1.9495 (5,968 shares),
£2.2012 (53,205 shares) and £2.4806 (34,263 shares). The total holding of the
ESOP following this allotment was 32,798,285 Kingfisher shares and 93,004 Kesa
Electricals plc shares.

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:

Mr Gerry Murphy
Mr William Whiting
Mr Ian Cheshire
Mrs Helen Weir

Contact:

Jane Hughes, Share Schemes Manager
Tel: [phone]


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