Director Shareholding

Travis Perkins PLC
01 April 2005


                               TRAVIS PERKINS PLC

                      Notification of Directors' Interest


The Board of Travis Perkins plc (the 'Company') as informed today that three
Directors of the Company were granted options today under the Travis Perkins
2001 Executive Share Option Scheme over ordinary shares of the Company at an
exercise price of 1675p.  The exercise period is from 1 April 2008 to 31 March
2015.  The number of shares held under options by the three directors are set
out below:

Director                Number of shares under      Total number of shares under 
                        the Options granted         Options Held Following Grant
                        Following Grant

Geoff Cooper            53,731                      53,731
Paul Hampden Smith      31,343                      209,416
John Carter             31,343                      127,565


The Company was also informed today that two directors of the company yesterday
acquired ordinary shares under the Travis Perkins Share Matching Scheme (the '
Scheme') at a price of 1681.0p. Details of the directors and the shares acquired
are set out below;-

Director                            Number of Shares

John Carter                         3,230
Paul Hampden Smith                  3,352

As a result of these transactions Mr Carter has 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 has 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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