Directors Dealing

Colefax Group PLC
13 October 2000


Colefax Group plc

('Colefax' , the 'Company' or the 'Group')

On 12th October  2000 the Trustees of the Colefax Group plc Employee Share
Ownership Plan Trust ('ESOP') purchased 152,476 ordinary shares in the company
at a price of 70p per share. The total number of shares owned by the ESOP now
amounts to 1,057,422 shares representing 4.31% of the issued ordinary share
capital.  Mr D B Green, Mrs A Grafton , Ms W Nicholls, Mr RM Barker and Ms K
Hall, the Executive Directors of the Group are included as potential
beneficiaries under the ESOP and have notified the company today of their
technical interest in the shares purchased by the ESOP.