TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

RNS Number : 0201W

Travis Perkins PLC

21 January 2013

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		Travis Perkins PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B attached hereto Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds Listed in Exhibit C attached hereto
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	See Number 3
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	17/01/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21/01/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary GBP0.10

GB0007739609

7,083,721

7,849,441

3.206%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,849,441

3.206%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you that on January 17, 2013, CREF bought 183,225 shares bringing the holdings to 4,612,511 shares of Travis Perkins Plc. CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and Stock Account. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Travis Perkins Plc is 244,850,605 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a 1.884% level. For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser. Additionally, affiliates of CREF bought 582,495 shares of January 17, 2013, bringing its holdings to 3,236,930 shares of Travis Perkins Plc. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds") and TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds") each of which are SEC registered investment companies, as well as on the the TIAA-CREF Active Extension Funds ("Active Extension Unregistered Funds"). The Funds, Life Funds and Active Extension Unregistered Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. These affiliated funds, aggregated with those of CREF, own a total of 7,849,441 shares or 3.206% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter. (See Exhibit A attached hereto)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Stuart R. Brunet
15. Contact telephone number:	+1-415-882-3711

Exhibit A.

TIAA-CREF Summary of Holdings of Travis Perkins PLC Between January 16, 2013 - January 17, 2013
	TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ("CREF")					Teachers Advisors, Inc.				Aggregate Holding
	Global Equities Account	Stock Account	Total CREF Holdings	Total CREF %	TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund	TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund	Active Extension Fund V	Total Mutual Funds Holdings	Total Mutual Funds %	Total Holdings	Total %
Holdings as of January 16, 2013	468,700	3,960,586	4,429,286	1.809%	2,564,626	67,080	22,729	2,654,435	1.084%	7,083,721	2.893%

Transactions as of January 17, 2013	-	183,225	183,225	0.075%	567,647	14,848	-	582,495	0.238%	765,720	0.313%

Holdings as of January 17, 2013	468,700	4,143,811	4,612,511	1.884%	3,132,273	81,928	22,729	3,236,930	1.322%	7,849,441	3.206%

Total Voting Shares Outstanding	244,850,605