Holding(s) in Company

Topps Tiles PLC
12 December 2005


                                TOPPS TILES PLC

                    NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING

Topps Tiles plc (the 'Company') received notification on 12 December 2005 from
Fidelity International Limited ('FIL') that FIL and FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries had an interest in 17,934,809 ordinary shares of 2.5p each
('Ordinary Shares'), equivalent to 7.9 per cent. of the Company's then issued
share capital following the sale of 272,303 ordinary shares. The interest was
registered as follows:

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                    1,141,300
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                                       730,200
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                   610,600
CITIBANK                                                    571,000
STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN                                 211,900
BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN                                  90,400
MELLON BANK                                                  68,600
CLYDESDALE BANK PLC                                          32,300
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO                               1,600,000
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO                            4,050,000
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                    4,624,009
BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX                                3,913,400
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                   109,000
BROWN BROSTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO                             182,100

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.



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