Director Shareholding

MFI Furniture Group PLC
24 March 2005



24 March 2005

                    MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC ('the Company')

We advise that, following the completion of the transaction set out below on 23
March 2005, the interests of the Executive Directors in MFI Furniture Group Plc
ordinary shares ('the Shares'), excluding beneficial interests in their
conditional commitment shares held under the terms of the MFI Executive
Co-Investment Plan and Shares generally held in the MFI Furniture Group Plc
Employee Share Trust ('the EST'), were as follows:

Name                  Prior to         Following          Increase/(decrease)
                     transactions      transactions
John Hancock           854,193            896,051                 41,858
Mark Horgan            526,875            544,815                 17,940
Matthew Ingle          700,921            721,102                 20,181
Bob Wilson             935,023            935,023                    0

Totals:               3,017,012          3,096,991                79,979

MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC DEFERRED BONUS PLAN

We advise that on 23 March 2005 awards granted in March 2002 to certain
executive directors under the MFI Furniture Group Plc Deferred Bonus Plan ('the
DBP') vested. The details of this vesting for each director are set out in the
table below which also shows the number and price of Shares sold by the EST on
behalf of each director.

The details are as follows:

  Name           Number of       Number of Shares sold     Additional    Number of
               vesting Shares   at 116p per share to pay   Shares sold    Shares
                                   income tax and NI       at 116p per   retained
                                                             share
John Hancock         71,026                     29,168             0      41,858
Mark Horgan          30,440                     12,500             0      17,940
Matthew Ingle        34,245                     14,064             0      20,181
Bob Wilson           30,440                     12,480        17,960           0


Enquiries should be directed to:

Gerard Hughes, Company Secretary:                       020 8913 5484

Fiona Laffan, Brunswick Group LLP:                      020 7404 5959




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