Holding(s) in Company

Torex Retail PLC
22 November 2006


                        Torex Retail plc (the 'Company')


                               Holding in Company



The Company was informed on 21 November 2006 by UBS AG ('UBS') that UBS, as at
close of business on 16 November 2006, was interested in a total of 13,930,798
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 3.49
per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of
399,493,659 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                                                 2,426,200
UBS AG (Switzerland)                                                10,063,368



22 November 2006



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