Holding in Company

Kingfisher PLC
23 March 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company      KINGFISHER PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest BARCLAYS BANK PLC


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

BARCLAYS BANK PLC


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Barclaytrust Channel Islands Ltd/Barclays Private Bank & Trust (IOM)  3,555,165
Ltd
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                     9,187,840
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                       220,345
Unknown                                                                  20,000
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                     1,064,286
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                                        119,510
Demateralised                                                             9,371
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  479,159
Chase Nominees Limited                                                   65,808
Chase Nominees Limited                                                1,135,653
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  119,856
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  208,847
Chase Nominees Limited                                               13,578,103
Chase Nominees Limited                                                3,115,990
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  299,653
DEM69                                                                    53,773
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party Nominee                          1,586
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                                    1,071
Unknown                                                                   5,642
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - IMA                                    21,172
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - PEP                                       113
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5781C             6,306,051
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5781C                47,674
Chase Manhattan Bank                                                    171,968
Chase Nominees Ltd A/C Lend 16201                                        29,457
Investors Bank & Trust Company                                           42,064
Unknown                                                               1,122,898
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                           3,032
Unknown                                                                 491,823
Unknown                                                                   6,661
Unknown                                                                  49,976
Unknown                                                                   3,900
Unknown                                                                  14,376
Unknown                                                                  24,809
Nutraco Nominees Limited                                                436,500
TOTAL                                                                42,014,132



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired - N/A


6) Percentage of issued class - N/A


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - N/A


8) Percentage of issued class - N/A


9) Class of security 12.5 PENCE ORDINARY


10) Date of transaction 19 MARCH 2001


11) Date company informed 22 MARCH 2001


12) Total holding following this notification 42,014,132 SHARES


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.00%


14) Any additional information - N/A


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries - TRINA HILL, COMPANY
SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT. TEL. [phone]


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification - MARTIN H STOKES, DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY

Date of notification 23RD MARCH 2001