Holding in Company

Colefax Group PLC
22 February 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Colefax Group plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Limited

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
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

-

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
Nutraco Nominees Limited
                                                                      2,408,500
(Designated & undesignated)
Merrill Lynch Pensions Nominees Ltd A/C NONCERT                         177,000
Other name(s)                                                             2,776


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

-

6) Percentage of issued class

-

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10p each

10) Date of transaction

-

11) Date company informed

22 February 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

2,588,276


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.53%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Rob Barker - 020 7493 2231

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 22 February 2001