Transaction in Own Shares

Topps Tiles PLC
17 December 2003

                        Topps Tiles PLC (the 'Company')

                           Acquisition of own shares

The Company announces that, pursuant to its general authority granted by
shareholders of the Company on 8 October 2002 to make market purchases of its
own shares, it made on market purchases of 100,000 Ordinary Shares at 560 pence
per Ordinary Share on 16 December 2003 to be held as treasury shares. The
Company now holds 100,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury and the total number of
Ordinary Shares in issue less the total number of Ordinary Shares held in
treasury following the purchase and non-cancellation of such Ordinary Shares is
45,381,221 Ordinary Shares. This notification is pursuant to the amendment of
the Companies Act 1985 on 15 April 2003 to allow companies to buy-back and hold
certain types of their own shares 'in treasury'.

Enquiries:

Barry Bester - Chairman                07802 273334
Andrew Liggett - Finance Director      01625 446700




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