Director/PDMR Shareholding

Torex Retail PLC
03 November 2005




                        Torex Retail Plc ('the Company')                                            
                                        
                                Grant of Options
                                        

On 2 November 2005 the Board of the Company granted options over ordinary shares
of 1p each ('Ordinary Shares') to the following directors of the Company, at an
option price of 101p per Ordinary Share:

Director                                   Number of             No. of Ordinary
                                     Options Granted                 Shares over
                                                                   which options
                                                                  held following
                                                                            this
                                                                  notification

Chris Moore                                750,000                     750,000

Mark Pearman                               500,000                     500,000

Edwin Dayan                                350,000                     350,000

Nigel Horn                                 100,000                     300,000

Michael Meade                              500,000                     500,000

No consideration was paid for the grant of these options.

The period during which these most recently granted options are exercisable is 2
November 2008 to 2 November 2015.

3 November 2005




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