Holding(s) in Company

Colefax Group PLC
13 January 2003

                                  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

-

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
Hunter Hall Global Ethical Trust

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

975,000

6)   Percentage of issued class

4.70%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8)   Percentage of issued class

-

9)   Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10 pence each

10)  Date of transaction

6 January 2003

11)  Date company informed

10 January 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

3,780,000

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

18.21%

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 13 January 2003


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