Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
11 June 2001



SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.    Name of company                            Kingfisher plc
2.    Name of shareholder having a major         Barclays PLC
      interest
3.    State whether notification indicates that  Barclays PLC through its
      it is in respect of                        subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC
      -     a holding of the shareholder named
            in 2. above

            a non-beneficial interest
      -
            an individual holder's spouse or
      -     children under the age of 18
4.    Name of the registered holder(s) and, if
      more than one holder, the number of shares
      held by each of them


                                       3,497,366 Barclaytrust Channel Islands
                                                 Ltd / Barclays Private Bank &
                                                 Trust (IOM) Ltd
                                       9,184,180 MSTC Nominees Ltd
                                          201,00 MSTC Nominees Ltd
                                          20,000 unknown
                                       1,307,584 Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd
                                         134,475 Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd
                                                 73520
                                           9,371 Dematerialised
                                         479,159 Chase Nominees Ltd 16331
                                          72,301 Chase Nominees Ltd 16338
                                       1,135,653 Chase Nominees Ltd 16341
                                         119,856 Chase Nominees Ltd 16342
                                         209,772 Chase Nominees Ltd 16376
                                      13,085,265 Chase Nominees Ltd 16400
                                       3,150,192 Chase Nominees Ltd 16530
                                         308,495 Chase Nominees Ltd 18409
                                          58,812 DEM69
                                           1,586 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd &
                                                 third party nominee
                                           1,071 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as
                                                 executor
                                           6,163 unknown
                                          12,748 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd -
                                                 IMA
                                             113 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd -
                                                 PEP
                                       6,551,561 Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street
                                                 Nominees Ltd a/c 5781C
                                          49,620 Twenty-Nine Gracechurch Street
                                                 Nominees Ltd account 5781C
                                         130,359 Chase Manhattan Bank
                                          29,609 Chase Nominees Ltd a/c Lend
                                                 16201
                                          60,613 Chase Nominees Ltd a/c BGIOMNI
                                                 19688
                                          49,712 Investors Bank & Trust Company
                                       1,126,884 unknown
                                             532 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd
                                         518,923 unknown
                                          10,398 unknown
                                          49,976 unknown
                                           3,900 unknown
                                          14,376 unknown
                                          26,141 unknown
                                         472,500 Nutraco Nominees Ltd


5.    Number of shares/amount of stock acquired  not stated
6.    Percentage of issued class                 not stated
7.    Number of shares/amount of stock disposed  N/A
8.    Percentage of issued class                 N/A
9.    Class of security                          121/2 pence Ordinary
10.   Date of transaction                        8 June 2001
11.   Date company informed                      11 June 2001
12.   Total holding following this notification  42,090,266
13.   Total percentage holding of issued class   3.01%
      following this notification
14.   Additional information                     see previous Schedule 10
                                                 announcement dated 6 June 2001
15.   Name of contact and telephone number for   M H Stokes  Tel: [phone]
      queries
16.   Name of authorised company official        M H Stokes - Deputy Company
      responsible for making this notification   Secretary
      Date of notification                       11 June 2001