Holding(s) in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
15 November 2002


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     PRUDENTIAL PLC

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

     SEE LIST BELOW

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

     15/11/02

12)  Total holding following this notification

     6,009,000
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     5.67%

14)  Any additional information

     N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     I. BOWNESS   01302 330365

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

     Date of Notification .......15/11/2002.................



Letter to DFS Furniture Company Plc - dated 13 November 2002

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 purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified 
in the schedule below is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R OHH.

Letter to M&G Investment Management Ltd.


           Notifiable Position Report for DFS FURNITURE CO ORD GBP0.05
                             as at 12 November 2002

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 105,709,696
ORD GBP0.05 shares

               Registered Holder                           Holding     %

Prudential Plc                                           6,009,000   5.68 Total Notifiable Interest
               PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC           5,986,000
               PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC              23,000

THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED                 6,009,000

               PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC           5,986,000
               PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC              23,000

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