Holding in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
4 December 2000


DFS Furniture Company plc ('the Company')

Notification of Shareholding

The Company received notification today that the Prudential plc has, as a
result of recent sales, a notifiable interest in 8,100,000 Ordinary shares of
5p each of the Company, representing 7.83% of the issued share capital.

The shares are registered as follows:

Registered Holder Details of Holding

Prudential Client HSBC GIS Nominees

(UK) Ltd A/C PAC 8,090,000

Prudential Client HSBC GIS Nominees

(UK) Ltd A/C PPL 10,000

TOTAL 8,100,000