Director Shareholding

RNS Number:2506U
Carpetright PLC
14 January 2004

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Name of Company                                   CARPETRIGHT PLC

Name of Director            Lord       Martin          John        Darren      Christian
                            Harris     Harris          Kitching    Shapland    Sollesse

Notification in respect     As         As above        As above    As above    As above
of                          above

Name of registered                         State Street Nominees Limited
holder

Notification relates to                        Beneficial interests

Nature of transaction                           Purchase of shares

Number of shares                       14 shares purchased by each director

Percentage of each class                      Below 0.1% in each case

Class of security                              Ordinary shares of 1p

Transaction
price                                                    892p

Date of transaction                               12 January 2004

Date company informed                             13 January 2004

Total
holding
following     Beneficial    13,760,937    1,393,158     665,572       8,538      16,425
this
notification  Non-benef.       857,000       Nil         Nil         Nil         Nil

Total
percentage
holding of
issued class
following
this          Beneficial         19.17%      1.94%       0.93%       0.01%       0.02%
notification  Non-benef.          1.19%      Nil         Nil         Nil         Nil

Any additional                 The shares were purchased under the Carpetright plc All
information                                Employee Share Ownership Plan

                              In total, 1,582 shares were purchased on this occasion.

Name of contact                            P Dregent, Company Secretary

Telephone
number                                             01708 527731

Date of notification                              14 January 2004



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