Director Shareholding

Travis Perkins PLC
13 June 2001



TO: CITY EDITORS                                        13th June, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



                              TRAVIS PERKINS PLC

                             Director's Interests


On 13 June 2001, Travis Perkins plc (the 'Company') was informed that the
Travis Perkins plc ESOP Trust (the 'Trust') acquired by subscription on the
same day, at a price of £7.70p per share, a total of 6,000 ordinary shares of
10p each in capital of the Company, all of which have been transferred to
satisfy options exercised under the Company's 1995 Executive Share Option
Scheme (the 'Scheme'). As potential beneficiaries under the Scheme, each
executive director of the Company is treated as being interested in such
shares.