RNS Number:1110U
Kesa Electricals plc
12 January 2004


                              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

   The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital
   Guardian Trust Company, Capital Research and Management Company and Capital
   International Limited.


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

(A) Capital Guardian Trust Company

Registered Holder                                     Number of Ordinary Shares
-------------------                                  ---------------------------
Bank of New York Nominees                                                6,720
                               Total                                     6,720


(B) Capital International Limited

Registered Holder                                      Number of Ordinary Shares
-------------------                                  ---------------------------
Bank of New York Nominees                                            1,745,236
Northern Trust                                                         351,868
Chase Nominees Limited                                                 668,995
Bankers Trust                                                        1,021,980
Morgan Guaranty                                                         90,140
Nortrust Nominees                                                      780,690
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                           71,700
Deutsche Bank AG                                                       343,471
HSBC Bank plc                                                          364,724
Mellon Bank N.A.                                                        20,307
                                  Total                              5,459,111


(C) Capital Research and Management Company

Registered Holder                                      Number of Ordinary Shares
-------------------                                  ---------------------------
State Street Nominees Limited                                          214,518
Chase Nominees Limited                                              36,916,004
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                           62,500
                                  Total                             37,193,022



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

   9th January 2004


12.Total holding following this notification

   42,658,853 ordinary shares


13.Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

   8.056%


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: 12th January 2004


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