Holding(s) in Company

D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
27 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 AG 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

     27.7.04

12)  Total holding following this notification

     10,775,091
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     10.02%

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      27 JULY 2004




Letter to: D.F.S. Furniture Company PLC
Dated: 26 July 2004


Disclosure of interests in shares

Further to our letter of 16 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 10,775,091 ordinary shares of DFS Furniture Company Plc, 
amounting to 10.02%. 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.


From: Deutsche Bank AG London




SCHEDULE

                          DFS FURNITURE COMPANY PLC
                           ORDINARY £0.05 SHARES

Held as Principal                                             No of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                         10,752,154
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt                                           4,137


Held in Customer Portfolios

Deutsche Securities Limited, Tokyo Branch                           18,800

Total                                                           10,775,091

 


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