Purchase of own Securities

Colefax Group PLC 10 March 2004 Colefax Group plc Purchase of Own Securities On 10 March 2004 Colefax Group plc bought for cancellation a total of 318,100 ordinary shares of 10 pence each (representing 1.64 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company) at a price of 83.5 pence per share. Following the cancellation of these shares there will be 19,090,000 shares in issue. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange