Transaction in Own Shrs-Amdmt

Topps Tiles PLC 14 May 2004 Topps Tiles Plc (the 'Company') Acquisition of own shares The issuer has advised that the following amendment should have been made to the announcement 'Transaction in own shares' released at 13:21 on Friday 7 May under RNS number 4304Y. The correct number of Ordinary Shares in treasury at 7 May 2004 should read 2,905,095, and the correct total number of Ordinary Shares in issue less the total number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury at 7 May 2004 should read 226,914,045. The full corrected version appears below. The Company announces that, pursuant to its general authority granted by shareholders of the Company on 6 January 2004 to make market purchases of its own shares, and pursuant to certain employees of the Company exercising 10,500 options over Ordinary Shares under the Topps Tiles Plc approved and unapproved Executive Share Option Schemes, the Company made on market purchases of 10,500 Ordinary Shares at 158 pence per Ordinary Share on 7 May 2004 (to be held as treasury shares). The Company now holds 2,905,095 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 226,914,045 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'. Enquiries: Barry Bester - Chairman 01625 446700 Andrew Liggett - Finance Director 01625 446700 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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