Holding(s) in Company

31 Oct 2006 14:45

Torex Retail PLC31 October 2006 Torex Retail plc (the "Company") Holding in Company The Company was informed on 19 October 2006 by UBS AG ("UBS") that UBS, as atclose of business on 17 October 2006, was interested in a total of 15,852,047ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 3.97per cent. of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital of399,386,472 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 1,441,230UBS AG London Branch 4,973,309UBS AG (Switzerland) 9,437,508 31 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange