Holding(s) in Company

Colefax Group PLC
27 August 2002

Colefax Group plc



                           Notification of interests



The Company was advised on 23 August 2002 that for the purposes of the Companies
Act 1985 ss. 198-202 (as amended) neither Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Limited not any of its affiliates in the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Limited, had a notifiable interest in the relevant share capital of the company
as of 22 August 2002.



27 August 2002




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