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Kingfisher PLC09 January 2006 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 LIMITED 3,964,600BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 3,531,587NORTHERN TRUST 316,000CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AUSTRALIA LIMITED 15,500CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 21,672,290BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 859,875MIDLAND BANK PLC 3,906,462CEDE & CO 480,400DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM 6,400BANKERS TRUST 1,592,200BARCLAYS BANK 38,200CITIBANK LONDON 19,000ROYAL TRUST 38,100BROWN BROS. 46,700NORTRUST NOMINEES 6,129,898ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 112,100MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 121,650STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 278,800CITIBANK 31,500RBSTB NOMINEES LTD 16,200DEUTSCHE BANK AG 13,775HSBC BANK PLC 7,000MELLON BANK N.A. 180,100ROY NOMINEES LIMITED 7,800MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 1,459,975HSBC 12,100JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 1,831,600STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 483,900BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 6,167,673NORTHERN TRUST 2,849,829CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 5,371,348MIDLAND BANK PLC 184,600BANKERS TRUST 289,800BARCLAYS BANK 131,400CITIBANK LONDON 884,000MORGAN GUARANTY 308,150NORTRUST NOMINEES 4,440,259ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 657,300MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 127,200STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 657,100NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 68,900LLOYDS BANK 83,000CITIBANK NA 69,600DEUTSCHE BANK AG 1,431,351CHASE MANHATTAN NOMINEE LTD 197,800HSBC BANK PLC 1,609,767MELLON BANK NA 221,643KAS UK 165,000BANK ONE LONDON 378,712CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 219,000JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 49,000STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 39,300BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 74,100CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 835,500MIDLAND BANK PLC 108,000BARCLAYS BANK 99,300PICTET & CIE, GENEVA 23,700NORTRUST NOMINEES 41,100MORGAN STANLEY 46,400ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 239,700J.P. MORGAN 3,013,000NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 36,800LLOYDS BANK 48,300RBSTB NOMINEES LTD 142,600HSBC BANK PLC 516,900BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 20,600NORTRUST NOMINEES 346,438HSBC BANK PLC 84,900STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 22,978,067CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 193,887,308STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 183,560 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 14,025,474 6. Percentage of issued class 0.59% 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 5/7 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction 5 JANUARY 2006 11. Date company informed 9 JANUARY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 296,501,717 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.6% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries JULIE WILSON020 7644 1043 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification JULIE WILSONASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 9 JANUARY 2006 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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