Holding(s) in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
26 August 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10
 
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK


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.

     CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A


6)   Percentage of issued Class

     N/A


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     1,085,099


8)   Percentage of issued Class

     1.01%


9)   Class of security

     5P ORDINARY SHARES


10)  Date of transaction

     NOT KNOWN


11)  Date company informed

     26.8.04


12)  Total holding following this notification

     2,669,519
               

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     2.48%


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      26 AUGUST 2004



Letter to DFS Furniture Co. PLC dated 25 August 2004


DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES - COMPANIES ACT 1985, PART VI
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We hereby give intimation that, following a disposal of shares in the Company, 
the AEGON UK plc Group of Companies no longer has a notifiable interest in the 
relevant share capital of the Company.

Disposal(s):
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1,085,099            (Ordinary) Shares in the name of Chase Nominees Ltd.

Resultant Total:     2,669,519

Held as follows:     2,669,519     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.


From Aegon Asset Management UK



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