Holding(s) in Company

Kingfisher PLC
07 August 2002



SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.     Name of company                                  Kingfisher plc

2.     Name of shareholder having a major interest      The  Capital Group Companies, Inc

3.     State whether notification indicates that it is  The Capital Group  Companies, Inc
       in respect of
       -   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




                              Bank of New York Nominees 30,581
                                 Chase Nominees Limited 265,002
                           BT Globenet Nominees Limited 32,000
                                       Midland Bank plc 23,172
                                 Deutsche Bank Mannheim 2,727
                              Nortrust Nominees Limited 160,389
                                   MSS Nominees Limited 24,300
                                       Deutsche Bank AG 4,200
                                   ROY Nominees Limited 32,144
                           Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 285,648
                              Bank of New York Nominees 3,551,920
                                 Chase Nominees Limited 4,416,000
                                          Bankers Trust 3,442,600
                                        Morgan Guaranty 437,200
                                      Nortrust Nominees 2,260,500
                           State Street Bank & Trust Co 309,600
                                       Deutsche Bank AG 983,144
                                          HSBC Bank plc 1,180,600
                                        Bank One London 155,200
                          State Street Nominees Limited 1,524,990
                                 Chase Nominees Limited 89,790,861

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                                Ordinary
10.    Date of transaction                              5 August 2002
11.    Date company informed                            6 August 2002
12.    Total holding following this notification        108,912,778
13.    Total percentage holding of issued class         4.21%
       following this notification
14.    Additional information
15.    Name of contact and telephone number for queries M H Stokes  Tel: [phone]
16.    Name of authorised company official responsible  M H Stokes - Deputy Company Secretary
       for making this notification
       Date of notification                             7 August 2002












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