Holding(s) in Company

Topps Tiles PLC
27 July 2005


                                 TOPPS TILES PLC

                    NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING

Topps Tiles plc (the 'Company') received notification on 25 July 2005 from
Fidelity International Limited ('FIL') that as at 22 July 2005 FIL and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries had a non-beneficial interest in 9,035,475
ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('Ordinary Shares'), equivalent to 3.98 per cent.
of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered as
follows:

Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                             194,800
Bank of New York Brussels                                               55,200
Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux                                           3,638,160
State Str BK and TR Co Lndn                                            108,600
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               2,802,355
Bank of New York Brussels                                              304,300
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                             35,900
Citibank London                                                        498,900
Clydesdale bank plc                                                     14,700
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                                 632,060
Mellon Bank                                                             32,100
Northern Trust London                                                  718,400

The Company also received notification on 25 July 2005 from FMR Corp ('FMR')
that as at 22 July 2005 FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had a
non-beneficial interest in 5,050,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 2.23 per
cent. of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered as
follows:

Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                           3,850,000
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                          1,200,000

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
14,085,475 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 6.21 per cent. of the Company's then
issued share capital.

27 July 2005



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