Director Shareholding

MFI Furniture Group PLC
04 October 2002

4 October 2002



MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS.

We hereby notify you that we were advised today that on 3 October 2002 the
trustee of the MFI UK Employee Share Trust acquired 1,324,429 MFI Furniture
Group Plc ordinary 10p shares at 124.6777 pence per share. The directors of MFI
Furniture Group Plc are deemed to be interested in all of the shares held by the
trustee of the Trust as potential beneficiaries of the Trust.


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