Purchase of Own Securities

Colefax Group PLC
28 July 2000

The Board of Colefax announces that, pursuant to the passing by shareholders
of the resolution proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 21
September 1999 authorising the Company to repurchase shares, the Company today
repurchased a total of 650,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary
Shares') in the capital of the Company (the 'Buy-Back Shares') at a price of
70 pence per share.  The Buy-Back Shares represent 2.53% of the Company's
existing issued share capital and will be cancelled following the above
repurchase, thereby reducing the issued share capital of the Company to
25,059,896 Ordinary Shares.