SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kuo Shan Huei (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SAMSON HOLDING LTD., LEVEL 28, THREE PACIFIC PLACE, 1 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST (Street) HONG KONG K3 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/25/2007	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC [ FBN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	5,308,506	I(1)(2)	See footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kuo Shan Huei (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SAMSON HOLDING LTD., LEVEL 28, THREE PACIFIC PLACE, 1 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST (Street) HONG KONG K3 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Liu Yi-Mei (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SAMSON HOLDING LTD., LEVEL 28, THREE PACIFIC PLACE, 1 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST (Street) HONG KONG K3 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Samson Holding Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) LEVEL 28, THREE PACIFIC PLACE 1 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST (Street) HONG KONG K3 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Advent Group Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) 13/F, NO. 200, SEC. 4 WEN SHIN ROAD (Street) TAICHUNG F5 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Magnificent Capital Holding Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) 13/F, NO. 200, SEC. 4 WEN SHIN ROAD (Street) TAICHUNG F5 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Sun Fortune Investments Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) 13/F, NO. 200, SEC. 4 WEN SHIN ROAD (Street) TAICHUNG F5 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Trade Decade Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) 13/F, NO. 200, SEC. 4 WEN SHIN ROAD (Street) TAICHUNG F5 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This statement is being jointly filed by each of the following persons: (i) Samson Holding Ltd., a Cayman Islands company ("Samson Holding"), (ii) Advent Group Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("Advent"), (iii) Magnificent Capital Holding Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("Magnificent"), (iv) Sun Fortune Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("Sun Fortune"), (v) Trade Decade Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("Trade Decade"), (vi) Mr. Shan Huei Kuo, and (vii) Mr. Kuo's wife, Ms. Yi-Mei Liu. Mr. Kuo and Ms. Liu may each be deemed to control Samson Holding, Advent and Magnificent, as Mr. Kuo and Ms. Liu each holds 50% of the equity interest in Magnificent, which holds approximately 70% of the equity interest in Advent, which in turn holds approximately 67% of the equity interest in Samson Holding.

2. Mr. Kuo and Ms. Liu may each be deemed to control Sun Fortune as Mr. Kuo and Ms. Liu each holds 50% of the equity interest in Sun Fortune, and Mr. Kuo may be deemed to control Trade Decade as he holds 100% of the equity interest in Trade Decade. As of September 25, 2007, the date of event requiring the filing of this statement, Samson Holding directly held 816,000 shares of common stock of Furniture Brands International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), Trade Decade directly held 149,513 shares of common stock of the Issuer, and Sun Fortune directly held 4,342,993 shares of common stock of the Issuer. Each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of such reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Shan Huei Kuo	10/05/2007
	/s/ Yi-Mei Liu	10/05/2007
	/s/ Shan Huei Kuo, Samson Holding Ltd., Shan Huei Kuo, as Executive Director and Chairman of Board of Directors	10/05/2007
	/s/ Shan Huei Kuo, Advent Group Limited, Shan Huei Kuo, as Executive Director	10/05/2007
	/s/ Shan Huei Kuo, Magnificent Capital Holding Limited, Shan Huei Kuo, as Executive Director	10/05/2007
	/s/ Shan Huei Kuo, Sun Fortune Investments Limited, Shan Huei Kuo, as Executive Director	10/05/2007
	/s/ Shan Huei Kuo, Trade Decade Limited, Shan Huei Kuo, as Executive Director	10/05/2007
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