Purchase of Own Securities

Colefax Group PLC
4 August 2000


Colefax Group plc ('Colefax' or the 'Company')
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 capital of the Company (the 'Buy-Back Shares') at a
price of 68 pence per share. The Buy-Back Shares represent 2.00% 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
24,559,896 Ordinary Shares.