Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
30 January 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was informed on 27 January 2006 by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ('GS
Inc') that GS Inc is interested in, by attribution only, a total of 16,597,202
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing 5.08
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
326,523,691 Ordinary Shares.

30 January 2006



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