Holding(s) in Company

Kingfisher PLC
01 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




                                                 30,581 Bank of New York Nominees
                                                324,502 Chase Nominees Limited
                                                 32,000 BT Globenet Nominees Limited
                                                 23,172 Midland Bank plc
                                                  2,727 Deutsche  Bank Mannheim
                                                160,389 Nortrust Nominees Limited
                                                 24,300 MSS Nominees Limited
                                                  4,200 Deutsche Bank AG
                                                 32,144 Roy Nominees Ltd
                                                285,648 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd
                                              2,435,900 Bank of New York Nominees
                                              4,416,000 Chase Nominees Limited
                                              3,442,600 Bankers Trust
                                                437,200 Morgan Guaranty
                                              2,260,500 Nortrust Nominees
                                                309,600 State Street  Bank & Trust Co
                                                983,144 Deutsche Bank AG
                                              1,180,600 HSBC Bank plc
                                                155,200 Bank One London
                                                583,195 State Street Nominees Ltd
                                             50,289,375 Chase 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                              30 July 2002
11.    Date company informed                            31 July 2002
12.    Total holding following this notification        67,412,977
13.    Total percentage holding of issued class         5.21%
       following this notification
14.    Additional information                           see previous Schedule 10 announcement dated 30 June 2002
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                             1 August 2002










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