Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
02 February 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')


                               Holding in Company



The Company was informed on 1 February 2006 by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ('GS
Inc') that GS Inc is interested in, by attribution only, a total of 19,693,273
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing 6.03
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
326,523,691 Ordinary Shares.


2 February 2006






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