Director Shareholding

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
8 August 2001


DFS Furniture Company plc (the 'Company')

Jon Massey, Director, yesterday informed the Company of the following exercise
of options and subsequent sale of Ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company on
7 August 2001 under the DFS SAYE Scheme.

Further details are as follows:

No. of Options     Exercise Price        Date Options         Sale price
Exercised                                Granted

4,261              228.8p                22 May 1998          420p