Holding(s) in Company

Topps Tiles PLC
20 January 2006


                         TOPPS TILES PLC (the 'Company')

                    NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING


The Company received notification on 20 January 2006 from Fidelity International
Limited ('FIL') that as at 18 January 2006 FIL and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries had a non-beneficial interest in 12,313,189 ordinary shares of 2.5p
each ('Ordinary Shares'), equivalent to 5.43 per cent. of the Company's then
issued share capital. The interest was registered as follows:

Nominee/Registered Name                                            Shares Held
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               1,141,300
Northern Trust London                                                  730,200
Bank of New York Brussels                                              610,600
Citibank London                                                        571,000
State Str BK and TR Co London                                          211,900
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                             90,400
Mellon Bank                                                             68,600
Clydesdale bank plc                                                     32,300
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               4,366,209
Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux                                           3,916,180
State Street Bk and TR Co Lndn                                         283,400
Bank of New York Brussels                                              109,000
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co                                         182,100

The Company also received notification on 20 January 2006 from FMR Corp ('FMR')
that as at 18 January 2006 FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had a
non-beneficial interest in 5,800,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 2.56 per
cent. of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered as
follows:

State Street Bank and TR Co                                          1,750,000
Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                           4,050,000

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
18,113,189 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 7.98 per cent. of the Company's then
issued share capital.

20 January 2006



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