Director Shareholding

MFI Furniture Group PLC
29 March 2004



Company Announcements Office
London Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HP



29 March 2004



                    MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC  ('the Company')



We advise that, following the completion of the transactions set out below on 26
March 2004, the interests of the Executive Directors in MFI Furniture Group Plc
ordinary shares ('the Shares'), excluding beneficial interests in their
conditional commitment shares held under the terms of the MFI Executive
Co-Investment Plan and Shares generally held in the MFI Furniture Group Plc
Employee Share Trust ('the EST'), were as follows:


Name                                 Prior to       Following transactions      Increase/(decrease)
                                   transactions
John Hancock                         830,255                854,193                   23,938
Mark Horgan                          510,957                526,875                   15,918
Matthew Ingle                        689,873                700,921                   11,048
Gordon MacDonald                     350,000                385,955                   35,955
Bob Wilson                            85,627                96,123                    10,496

Totals:                             2,466,712              2,564,067                  97,355



TRANSACTION ONE - MFI FURNITURE GROUP PLC DEFERRED BONUS PLAN



We advise that on 21 March 2004 awards granted in March 2001 to certain
executive directors under the MFI Furniture Group Plc Deferred Bonus Plan ('the
DBP') vested. The details of this vesting for each director are set out in the
table below which also shows the number and price of Shares sold by the EST on
behalf of each director.



The details are as follows:


          Name              Number of        Number of Shares sold at       Number of
                          vesting Shares  139.5p per share to pay income Shares retained
                                                    tax and NI
John Hancock                  40,574                  16,636                 23,938
Mark Horgan                   15,918                    0                    15,918
Matthew Ingle                 18,727                  7,679                  11,048
Gordon MacDonald              16,854                    0                    16,854
Bob Wilson                    17,790                  7,294                  10,496


TRANSACTION TWO - PURCHASE OF SHARES BY A DIRECTOR



We advise that on 26 March 2004, Mr Gordon MacDonald an executive director of
the Company, purchased 19,101 Shares in the Company at 139.75 pence per share.
Mr MacDonald's total beneficial holding of shares in the Company following this
transaction, excluding his beneficial interest in commitment shares held under
the terms of the MFI Executive Co-Investment Plan, is 385,955.





TRANSACTION THREE - MFI FURNITURE GROUP SHARE PLAN



We further advise that the EST acquired 518,411 Shares on 29 March 2004 at 142
pence per Share in connection with the Company's Senior Manager Co-Investment
Plan. All of the directors of the Company are deemed to be interested in all the
Shares held by the EST as potential beneficiaries of the Trust.





Enquiries should be directed to:

Gerard Hughes, Company Secretary:    020 8913 5313

Fiona Laffan, Brunswick Group Ltd:     020 7404 5959










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