Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
31 May 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')


                               Holding in Company



The Company was informed on 26 May 2006 by UBS AG ('UBS') that UBS, as at close
of business on 25 May 2006, was interested in a total of 12,207,688 ordinary
shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing 3.30 per cent.
of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of 369,780,258
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                                     1,500,000
UBS AG London Branch                                            587,500
UBS AG (Switzerland)                                            10,120,188



31 May 2006






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