Holding(s) in Company

Topps Tiles PLC
23 August 2006


                         TOPPS TILES PLC (the 'Company')


                    NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING


The Company received notification on 22 August 2006 from Fidelity International
Limited ('FIL') that as at 21 August 2006 FIL and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries had a non-beneficial interest in 7,168,681 ordinary shares of 2.5p
each ('Ordinary Shares'), equivalent to 4.22 per cent. of the Company's then
issued share capital. The interest was registered as follows:

Nominee/Registered Name                                              Shares Held
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                                 648,575
Northern Trust London                                                  437,475
Citibank London                                                        370,875
Bank of New York Brussels                                              268,675
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                                 558,680
Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux                                           2,534,775
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               1,282,251
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn                                            243,825
Bank of New York Brussels                                              116,750
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co                                         161,550
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                            545,250


The Company also received on 22 August 2006 from FMR Corp ('FMR') that as at 21
August 2006 FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had a non-beneficial
interest in 4,537,500 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 2.67 per cent. of the
Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered as follows:

State Street Bank and Tr Co                                          1,500,000
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co                                       3,037,500


The notifications by FIL and FMR Corp also comprise a notifiable interest of Mr
Edward C Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of both FIL and FMR Corp.


The aggregate shareholding of FIL and FMR following this notification is
11,706,181 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 6.89 per cent. of the Company's then
issued share capital.


23 August 2006






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