RNS Number:4666U
Kidde PLC
21 January 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company

Kidde plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.

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

AS IN 2 ABOVE

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                                             3,985,335
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                          82,279,431
CITIBANK NA                                                  2,131,740
MELLON BANK NA                                               7,369,881
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY                                       5,467,722
ROYAL TRUST CORPORATION OF CANADA                            5,214,982
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY                            9,870,566
                                                           116,319,657

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

-
6) Percentage of issued class

-

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10p each

10) Date of transaction

-

11) Date company informed

20 January 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

116,319,657

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.9897%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Diane Quinlan, Company Secretary, Kidde plc, 01753 766338

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Diane Quinlan

Date of notification 21 January 2004



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