Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
14 March 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was informed on 13 March 2006 by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ('GS
Inc') that GS Inc is interested in, by attribution only, a total of 39,200,320
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing 11.96
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
327,681,191 Ordinary Shares.

14 March 2006



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