Holding(s) in Company

Topps Tiles PLC
14 October 2005


                              TOPPS TILES PLC

                    NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING

Topps Tiles plc (the 'Company') received notification on 14 October 2005 from
Fidelity International Limited ('FIL') that as at 13 October 2005 FIL and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries had a non-beneficial interest in 12,882,114
ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('Ordinary Shares'), equivalent to 5.69 per cent.
of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered as
follows:

Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                             182,100
Bank of New York Brussels                                              109,000
Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux                                           4,044,100
State Str BK and TR Co Lndn                                            206,100
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               4,578,614
Bank of New York Brussels                                              568,100
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                             74,400
Citibank London                                                        571,000
Clydesdale bank plc                                                     32,300
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               1,141,300
Mellon Bank                                                             68,600
Northern Trust London                                                1,306,500

The Company also received notification on 14 October 2005 from FMR Corp ('FMR')
that as at 13 October 2005 FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had a
non-beneficial interest in 5,325,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 2.36 per
cent. of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered as
follows:

Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                           3,975,000
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                          1,350,000

The notifications by FIL and FMR Corp also comprise a notifiable interest of Mr
Edward C Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of both FIL and FMR Corp.

The aggregate shareholding of FIL and FMR following this notification is
18,207,114 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 8.05 per cent. of the Company's then
issued share capital.

14 October 2005



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