Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
31 October 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')


                               Holding in Company



The Company was informed on 19 October 2006 by UBS AG ('UBS') that UBS, as at
close of business on 17 October 2006, was interested in a total of 15,852,047
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 3.97
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
399,386,472 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                                          1,441,230
UBS AG London Branch                                                 4,973,309
UBS AG (Switzerland)                                                 9,437,508



31 October 2006



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