Transaction in Own Shares

Topps Tiles PLC
31 May 2005


                        Topps Tiles Plc (the 'Company')

                           Acquisition of own shares

The Company announces that, pursuant to its general authority granted by
shareholders of the Company on 11 January 2005 to make market purchases of its
own shares, and pursuant to certain employees of the Company exercising 50,430
options over Ordinary Shares under the Topps Tiles Plc approved and unapproved
Executive Share Option Schemes, the Company made on market purchases of 50,430
Ordinary Shares at 190 pence per Ordinary Share on 31 May 2005 (to be held as
treasury shares).

The Company now holds 2,053,020 Ordinary Shares in treasury and the total number
of Ordinary Shares in issue less the total number of Ordinary Shares held in
treasury following the purchase and non-cancellation of such Ordinary Shares is
226,045,005 Ordinary Shares. This notification is pursuant to the amendment of
the Companies Act 1985 to allow companies to buy-back and hold certain types of
their own shares 'in treasury'.

31 May 2005

Enquiries:

Barry Bester - Chairman                          01625 446 700
Andrew Liggett - Finance Director                01625 446 700




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