Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
18 August 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company


The Company was informed on 17 August 2006 by UBS AG ('UBS') that UBS, as at
close of business on 15 August 2006, was interested in a total of 12,131,846
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 3.16
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
383,981,286 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                                                 3,217,626
UBS AG (Switzerland)                                                 7,472,990


18 August 2006

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