Holding in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
6 December 2001


DFS Furniture Company plc ('the Company')

Notification of Shareholding

The Company received notification today that the Prudential plc and certain of
its subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 7,228,000 Ordinary
shares of 5p each of the Company, representing 6.88% of the issued share
capital.

The shares are registered as follows:


Registered Holder                                    Details of Holding

Prudential Client HSBC GIS Nominees                  7,210,000

(UK) Ltd A/C PAC
Prudential Client HSBC GIS Nominees                  18,000

(UK) Ltd A/C PPL

TOTAL                                                7,228,000