Director Shareholding

MFI Furniture Group PLC
16 December 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
AVS NO


        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.        Name of company                        2.   Name of director



          MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC                     JOHN HANCOCK

3.        Please state whether notification      4.   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
          indicates that it is in respect of          number of shares held by each of them (if notified)
          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 or in          JOHN HANCOCK
          respect of an non-beneficial interest

          SEE 2

5.        Please state whether notification      6.   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
          relates to a person(s) connected with       please indicate whether general/single
          the director named in 2 above and           co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary /non discretionary
          identify the connected person(s)
                                                      PURCHASE OF SHARES
          SEE 2

7.        Number of     8.         Percentage of 9.   Number of shares/amount of  10.        Percentage of issued class
          shares/amount            issued class       stock disposed
          of stock
          acquired                 0.01%              N/A
                                                                                             N/A
          30,000

11. Class of      12.        Price per     13.              Date of        14.               Date company informed
    security                 share                          transaction
                                                                                             13 December 2002
                             102p                           13 December
                                                            2002
    ORDINARY
    SHARES

15.       Total holding following this           16.              Total percentage holding of issued class following
          notification                                            this notification

          405,715                                                 0.07%


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