RNS Number:7253U
Kidde PLC
28 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               5,264,764  
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY               9,938,449  
                                              116,437,322  



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


27 January 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

116,437,322

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


14.0039%


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 28 January 2004



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