Holding in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
5 March 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     AEGON UK PLC GROUP OF COMPANIES

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



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

     AEGON UK PLC GROUP OF COMPANIES


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     3,650,000

6)   ( 3.53 %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     5p ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT KNOWN

11)  Date company informed

     05/03/01

12)  Total holding following this notification

     7,009,000
                            
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     6.78%

14)  Any additional information

     N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     I. BOWNESS: [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification: 05/03/01






LETTER TO: DFS FURNITURE
LETTER DATED: 1 MARCH, 2001


DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES - COMPANIES ACT 1985, PART VI

We hereby give intimation that, following a purchase of shares in the Company,
the notifiable interest held within the AEGON UK plc Group of Companies is
varied from over 3% to 6.78%.

No. of Ordinary Shares purchased:           3,650,000

Resultant Total:                            7,009,000

Held as follows:                            5,260,000  Royal Bank of Scotland
                                                       Trust Nominees Limited
                                   
                                            1,749,000  Chase Nominees Limited

For the purposes of the foregoing notification:

(a)   'The AEGON UK plc Group of Companies' means Scottish Equitable plc,
Scottish Equitable (Managed Funds) Limited, AEGON Fund Management UK Ltd, AEGON
Investment Management UK Ltd, AEGON Asset Management UK plc, Scottish Equitable
Trustees Limited, Guardian Assurance plc, Guardian Linked Life Assurance
Limited, Guardian Pensions Management Limited and Guardian Unit Managers
Limited, all having a place of business at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9SE:

(b)   'the Act' shall mean the Companies Act 1985 and expressions used in this
notification shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same
meanings as are set out in or adopted for the purposes of the Act:

(c)   'the Company' shall mean the company to whom this notification is
addressed.


LETTER FROM: AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT