Holding(s) in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
5 February 2003

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP 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



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

SEE ATTACHED


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

15000


6)   ( 0.014%) 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

31.1.03

11)  Date company informed

5.2.03

12)  Total holding following this notification

3,191,541
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%

14)  Any additional information

N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

01302 330365

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

     Date of Notification .... 5 FEBRUARY 2003 ....................




LETTER TO D.F.S. FURNITURE PLC DATED 3 FEBRUARY 2003



Consequent upon a purchase in the market of 15,000 shares on the 31 January 2003,
Legal & General Group Plc now own the following number of shares which are not
subject to a concert party and will be registered as follows:

Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245         476,349 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206       2,468,992 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203         145,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509         101,200

                                                      3,191,541     3.00% 


Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued 
share capital is 106,274,850 which is the figure quoted by Exshare.
   

Letter from Legal & General 

 


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

NEWTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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.

ICVC HIGHER INCOME FUND


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

4.2.03

12)  Total holding following this notification

2,819,000
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.65%

14)  Any additional information

N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

01302 330365

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

     Date of Notification .... 4 FEBRUARY 2003 ....................




Letter to DFS Furniture Company PLC dated 3 February 2003
 

 
Companies Act - Disclosure of interests - ORD 5p DFS Furniture PLC

Due to a recent Take-Off on the above shares I can confirm that the ICVC Higher
Income Fund has a current holding of 2,819,000 shares of the above stock which
according to our records represents 2.65% of the total shares in issue of
106274850.             
 

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