Holding in Company

MFI Furniture Group PLC
24 August 2000

    MFI Furniture Group plc ('MFI' or the 'Company')
                            
  Companies Act 1985 - Disclosure of Interest in Shares
                            
                            
The Company received notification yesterday that Legal  &
General  Investment  Management now  hold  the  following
number of shares, registered as follows:

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd      5,379,622
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd        374,740
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd        453,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd     10,533,984
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd        926,000
                                                   
                                         17,667,346

This holding represents 2.96% of the current issued share
capital of the Company.


Enquiries:


Hamish Thomson
Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]