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Kingfisher PLC13 December 2005 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. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 HOLDER NAMED ABOVE 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them STATE STREET NOMINEES 2,547,800BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 3,190,087NORTHERN TRUST 167,600CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AUSTRALIA 27,200CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 14,861,190BT GLOBENET NOMINEES 650,175MIDLAND BANK PLC 2,576,175CEDE & CO. 398,300DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM 6,400BANKERS TRUST 947,600BARCLAYS BANK 22,300CITIBANK LONDON 11,100ROYAL TRUST 22,200BROWN BROTHERS 27,200NORTRUST NOMINEES 4,288,098ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 79,100MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 96,050STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO. 167,042CITIBANK 18,400RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED 16,200DEUTSCHE BANK AG 13,775HSBC BANK PLC 900MELLON BANK NA 112,700ROY NOMINEES LIMITED 7,800MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 994,475HSBC 12,100JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 1,183,900STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 468,900BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 5,710,073NORTHERN TRUST 2,849,829CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 5,018,148MIDLAND BANK PLC 157,300BANKERS TRUST 289,800BARCLAYS BANK 131,400CITIBANK LONDON 646,200MORGAN GUARANTY 308,150NORTRUST NOMINEES 4,347,359ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 467,900MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 127,200STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO. 641,200NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 68,900LLOYDS BANK 83,000CITIBANK NA 69,600DEUTSCHE BANK AG 1,424,351CHASE MANHATTAN NOMINEE LIMITED 197,800HSBC BANK PLC 1,574,367MELLON BANK NA 260,143KAS UK 147,500BANK ONE LONDON 378,712CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 219,000JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 49,000STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 39,300BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 62,300CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 668,200MIDLAND BANK PLC 90,000BARCLAYS BANK 99,300PICTET & CIE, GENEVA 23,700NORTRUST NOMINEES 41,100MORGAN STANLEY 46,400ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 217,500JP MORGAN 3,013,000NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 36,800LLOYDS BANK 38,400RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED 142,600HSBC BANK PLC 439,700BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 20,600NORTRUST NOMINEES 299,338HSBC BANK PLC 61,000STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 18,028,067CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 184,322,934STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 183,560 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 3,055,797 6. Percentage of issued class 0.13% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 15/57 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction 9 DECEMBER 2005 11. Date company informed 12 DECEMBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 265,955,498 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.31% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries WILLIAM THOMAS020 7644 1168 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification HELEN JONESGROUP COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 13 DECEMBER 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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