RNS Number:4473N
Kidde PLC
11 July 2003



                                  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

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY                                        3,317,600
BANK OF NEW YORK                                            14,454,262
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                          83,945,332
CITIBANK NA                                                    293,420
DEUTSCHE BANK AG                                                71,638
MELLON BANK NA                                               8,261,409
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY                                       5,791,032
ROYAL TRUST CORPORATION OF CANADA                            5,498,182
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY                           10,388,334
                                                           132,021,209


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

10 July 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

132,021,209

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

15.8981%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Steve Hornbuckle, Assistant Secretary, Kidde plc, 01753 766243

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

Steve Hornbuckle

Date of notification 11 July 2003






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