Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
19 September 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company



The Company was informed on 18 September 2006 by UBS AG ('UBS') that UBS, as at
close of business on 14 September 2006, was interested in a total of 12,903,062
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 3.36
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
384,048,919 Ordinary Shares.

The above holding is held across the following UBS subsidiaries:

UBS business group/legal entity                Number of Ordinary Shares held

UBS Global Asset Management                                         1,441,230
UBS AG London Branch                                                2,387,480
UBS AG (Switzerland)                                                9,074,352



19 September 2006



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