Press Release

18_06_2008   IBM HONOURS TOREX SALES PERFORMANCE WITH PARTNER AWARD

Retail Provider Lands Sales Leadership Award for Top 2007 Performance

DUNSTABLE, U.K. – June 18th, 2008 - Torex Retail Holdings Limited (Torex™), the leading European-based global provider of software and solutions to the extended retail marketplace, today announced that it has won the IBM Retail Store Solutions award for achieving top partner sales with IBM in North America.

“As an IBM Premier Business partner for more than 15 years, Torex is very proud to be recognised as the leading partner selling solutions that integrate with IBM hardware and platforms,” said Jim Handy, President, International, Torex. “IBM Retail Store Solutions and Torex both strive to deliver customer-centric solutions that reduce support costs and enable better control over retail operations, and we look forward to continuing to improve the overall retail experience of our customers for years to come.”

IBM has more than 300 partners across North America and has been honouring the sales performance of its partner community for over 20 years.

The award was presented to Gregg Monastiero, VP Sales North America, Torex, at the IBM office in Boston, Massachusetts.