RNS Number:2197Z
Kidde PLC
29 July 2002

                                  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

CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                        77,469,223
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY                                      3,317,600
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY                                     5,129,573
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY                          9,765,477
BANK OF NEW YORK                                          26,157,862
HSBC BANK PLC                                                 81,800
ROYAL TRUST CORPORATION OF CANADA                          2,847,360
DEUTSCHE BANK AG                                             476,638
CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, GLASGOW                               7,581,936




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


26 July 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

132,827,479

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


16.0159%


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 26 July 2002





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