Director Shareholding

MFI Furniture Group PLC
13 March 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 March 2002



                    MFI Furniture Group plc ('the Company')

                            Directors' Shareholdings



We hereby notify you that we were advised that on 12 March 2002, the trustee of
the MFI Employee Share Trust acquired 1,926,080 MFI Furniture Group Plc ordinary
10p shares at 160.89728p per share in connection with a conditional award of
shares to certain directors of the Company made on 5 March 2002. 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.

Enquiries:

Gerard Hughes, Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]



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