Directorate Change

Kingfisher PLC
27 January 2005


For immediate release

Thursday 27 January 2005

                                 Kingfisher plc

                                Director Retires

Following the announcement in November 2003 that Bill Whiting intended to step
down from the Board in early 2005, Kingfisher today confirms that he has
tendered his resignation as a director of Kingfisher plc and will leave the
Board on 28 January 2005.

He will continue to work as a part-time executive with the company until his
retirement at the end of March.

Gerry Murphy, Group Chief Executive, said: 'Bill Whiting is an outstanding
retailer and marketing professional. I would like to thank him personally for
sharing his wise counsel and great humour, and I wish him a fulfilled and
amusing retirement.'

Sir Francis Mackay, Chairman, said: 'Bill's knowledge of retail and DIY has been
invaluable at Kingfisher. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for
his immense contribution to the Group over the last 23 years, and to wish him
well in the future.'

Bill Whiting said: 'In my time with B&Q I've seen it grow 20 times over. The
remarkable thing is that the future prospects, especially with the new
international markets, now look even more exciting than they did in 1982.'

Enquiries:

Ian Harding, Director of Communications                       020 7644 1029

Nigel Cope, Head of External Communications                   020 7644 1030

Heather Ward, Head of Investor Relations                      020 7644 1032

Kingfisher plc                                                020 7372 8008

Company Profile

Kingfisher plc is Europe's leading home improvement retailer and the third
largest in the world, with 588 stores in nine countries in Europe and Asia. Its
main retail brands are B&Q, Screwfix Direct, Castorama and Brico Depot.
Kingfisher also has a strategic alliance with Hornbach, Germany's leading DIY
Warehouse retailer, with 116 stores across Europe.




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