Purchase of Own Securities

COLEFAX GROUP PLC
21 October 1999


Colefax Group plc ('Colefax' or the 'Company')
Notification of purchase of own securities

The board of Colefax announces that, pursuant to the passing by shareholders
of the resolution proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 21
September 1999 authorising the Company to repurchase shares, the Company
yesterday repurchased a total of 500,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each
('Ordinary Shares') in the Company (the 'Buy-Back Shares') at a price of 90
pence per share.  The Buy-Back Shares represent approximately 1.8 per cent. of
the Company's existing issued share capital and will be cancelled following
the above repurchase, thereby reducing the issued share capital of the Company
to 26,605,827 Ordinary Shares.