Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
06 April 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was informed on 5 April 2006 by UBS AG ('UBS') that UBS, as at close
of business on 3 April 2006, was interested in a total of 10,342,282 ordinary
shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing 3.13 per cent.
of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of 329,992,647
Ordinary Shares.


The above holding is held across the following UBS subsidiaries:

UBS business group/legal entity                 Number of Ordinary Shares held

UBS Global Asset Management                                          1,500,000
UBS AG London Branch                                                    81,250
UBS AG (Switzerland)                                                 8,761,032

6 April 2006



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