Director/PDMR Shareholding

Colefax Group PLC
02 May 2006




                               Colefax Group PLC
                             Grant of ESOP Options


The Company today announces that options have been granted for nil consideration
pursuant to agreements made between Mourant ECS Trustees (Jersey) Limited of 22
Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8PX, as trustees of the Colefax Group
Plc Employees' Share Ownership Plan Trust (the 'Trustees') and the Directors
named below:


Director                       Number of Ordinary 10p Shares of the
                               Company to which each option relates

David Green                    100,000
Key Hall                       100,000
Rob Barker                      75,000


The options were granted by the Trustees on 28th April 2006 and the aggregate
exercise price per option payable by each person is £1 in total. The options are
exercisable immediately but the shares may not be sold within three years of the
grant date. The options expire on 27th April 2016. The ESOP shares were acquired
by the Colefax Group Plc Employees Share Ownership Plan Trust between October
1995 and September 2000 at an average cost of 65 pence per share.


In addition to the above options Key Hall has outstanding options as follows:


                     Quantity     Exercise Price    Date of Grant  Expiry Date

ESOP options           15,000        £1 total          14.11.01      23.07.07

Executive Share        20,000            111p          24.07.97      23.07.07

Option Scheme         100,000             83p          06.04.99      05.04.09



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