RNS Number:3178S
Kesa Electricals plc
21 November 2003


                              KESA ELECTRICALS PLC
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

All relevant paragraphs should be completed in block capital letters.

1.  Name of company

Kesa Electricals plc

2.  Name of shareholder having a major interest

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

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 2 above.

4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one
holder, the number of shares held by each of them

Registered Holder                                                       Shares
State Street Nominees Limited                                       15,188,610
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                                         1,769,834
Boston Safe                                                          2,585,490
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                           571,160
The Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                  410,540
Chase Nominees Ltd.                                                    373,860
Investors Financial Services                                           231,760
Barnett & Co.                                                           65,760

5.  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not notified.

6.  Percentage of issued class

Not notified.

7.  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not notified.

8.  Percentage of issued class

Not notified.

9.  Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("ordinary shares")

10.  Date of transaction

Not notified.

11.  Date company informed

20th November 2003

12.  Total holding following this notification

21,197,014 ordinary shares

13.  Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification

4.00%

14.  Any additional information

None

15.  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Simon Enoch 020 7269 1400

16.  Name of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Simon Enoch (Company Secretary)
Date of notification 20 November 2003




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