Holding in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
11 June 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     PRUDENTIAL

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.

     SEE LIST BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   ( N/A %) 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

     11.6.01

12)  Total holding following this notification

     8,254,000
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     7.88%

14)  Any additional information

     N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     B. TODHUNTER - 01302 330365

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

     Date of Notification ...11 JUNE 2001.........


LETTER TO: DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC


Companies Act 1985 (as amended):
Disclosure of Interests in Shares

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'),
we write to inform you that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary
companies have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company
as detailed in the schedule below.

For the purpose of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified
in the schedule below is Laurence Poutney Hill London EC4R 0HH.


LETTER FROM: M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED


                  Notifiable Position for DFS FURNITURE CO ORD GBP0.05
                             as at 08 June 2001

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 104,763,175
ORD GBP0.05 shares

                  Registered Holder                  Holding      %

Prudential plc                                     8,254,000   7.88   Total     
                                                                      Notifiable
                                                                      Interest
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC   8,236,000
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC      18,000

The Prudential                                     
Assurance
Company Limited                                    8,254,000   7.88
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC   8,236,000
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC      18,000