Director Shareholding

MFI Furniture Group PLC
30 May 2003

30th MAY 2003




                            MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC

                  MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC DEFERRED BONUS PLAN


We advise of the vesting, on 29th May, of awards granted in May 2000 to certain
executive directors under the MFI Furniture Group Plc Deferred Bonus Plan.


The vesting of this award triggered an income tax and National Insurance
liability and to fund payment of these liabilities 129,067 ordinary 10 pence
shares were sold at 143.25 pence per share on 29th May 2003.


The details are as follows:


Name                       Award Vesting   Shares sold to fund tax and  Shares retained
                                                    NI charge
John Hancock                  132,967                54,599                  78,368
Mark Horgan                    54,396                22,336                  32,060
Matthew Ingle                  69,082                28,366                  40,716
Gordon MacDonald               54,396                   0                    54,396
Bob Wilson                     57,877                23,766                  34,111


The interests of the Directors in the Company's Shares, excluding beneficial
interests in their conditional Shares held under the terms of the Executive
Co-Investment Plan and Shares generally held in the MFI Furniture Group Plc
Employee Share Trust, following this transaction were as follows:


       Name                      Prior to vesting    Following vesting
       John Hancock                  692,887              771,255
       Mark Horgan                   181,636              213,696
       Matthew Ingle                 330,817              371,533
       Gordon MacDonald               64,756              119,152
       Bob Wilson                    246,202              280,313






Enquiries should be directed to:

Gerard Hughes, Company Secretary:     020 8200 8000

Charlotte Elston, Brunswick Group Ltd:     020 7404 5959


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