Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
06 February 2006

     
                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was informed on 6 February 2006 by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ('GS
Inc') that GS Inc is interested in, by attribution only, a total of 22,640,752
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing 6.93
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
326,673,691 Ordinary Shares.

6 February 2006



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