Holding(s) in Company

Colefax Group PLC
18 October 2002


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company


Colefax Group plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest


Hunter Hall Investment Management 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


As in 2 above

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

Hunter Hall Value Growth Trust (amount not notified)

Hunter Hall Global Ethical Trust (amount not notified)

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

525,000

6)   Percentage of issued class

2.53%

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

17 October 2002

11)  Date company informed


18 October 2002


12)  Total holding following this notification

1,575,000


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.59%


14)  Any additional information

-


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Rob Barker - 020 7318 6000

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

     Date of notification 18 October 2002



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange