Director Shareholding

Travis Perkins PLC
11 April 2005

                               TRAVIS PERKINS PLC



                      Notification of Directors' Interests





The Board of Travis Perkins plc (the 'Company') was informed on 8 April 2005
that two Directors of the Company were granted conditional awards over ordinary
shares of the Company under the Travis Perkins Share Matching Scheme (the '
Scheme') on 1 April 2005.



Details of the Directors and the maximum number of shares conditionally awarded
to them under the Scheme are set out below:


Director                          Deferred Share Award    Matching Share Award linked Matching Share Award
                                                          to the prior purchase of    linked to the Deferred
                                                          Company shares              Share Award
Mr John Carter                    3,045                   5,537                       3,045
Mr Paul Hampden Smith             3,160                   5,746                       3,160



The awards will normally vest in April 2008 subject to the satisfaction of
certain conditions, including performance conditions in the case of the Matching
Share Awards.



Following the granting of the above awards under the Scheme (which do not form
part of their beneficial interests as these awards are conditional), Mr Carter
maintains a beneficial interest in 14,188 shares in the Company representing
0.01%% of the issued share capital of the Company and Mr Hampden Smith maintains
a beneficial interest in 9,360 shares in the Company representing less then
0.01% of the issued share capital of the Company.




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