Holding(s) in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
29 July 2004




                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC 

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     DEUTSCHE BANK A.G. LONDON

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

      SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   Percentage of issued Class
     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
     N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class
     N/A

9)   Class of security

      5P ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

      NOT KNOWN 

11)  Date company informed

      29.7.04

12)  Total holding following this notification

      11,685,021
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      10.87%

14)  Any additional information

      N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     B. TODHUNTER
     01302 330365  


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ...29 JULY 2004........


Letter to  DFS Furniture Company Plc

Disclosure of interests in shares

Further to our letter of 27 July, 2004, and in accordance with Section 198-202
of the UK Companies Act 1985, we are writing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG to
inform you that on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your
company is 107,538,989 ordinary shares.  Deutsche Bank AG, London have a
notifiable interest in 11,685,021 ordinary shares of DFS Furniture Company Plc.
amounting to 10.87%. Part of this holding may relate to hedging arrangements for
customer transactions, and companies within the Group acting as Fund Managers
hold some of the shares on behalf of a number of clients whose portfolios are
managed on a discretionary basis. 


Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany 

Contact Cheryl Slater or David Lindsay 

Letter from Deutsche Bank AG


SCHEDULE

                          DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC 
                            ORDINARY £0.05 SHARES
Held as Principal                                        No of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                    11,662,084
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt                                      4,137
Held in Customer Portfolios
     

Deutsche Securities Limited, Tokyo Branch                      18,800

Total                                                      11,685,021




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