Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
25 January 2007


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was informed on 24 January 2007 by Man Financial Limited ('Man')
that Man, as at close of business on 19 January 2007, was interested in a total
of 15,166,047 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares')
representing 3.66 per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share
capital of 414,825,509 Ordinary Shares.


25 January 2007



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