Travis Perkins: TR1 Notification of Major Share Interest

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

Travis Perkins plc (Company No. 00824821)

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B.

Teachers Advisors, LLC on behalf of the funds

listed in Exhibit C.

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC - New York, USA

Teachers Advisors, LLC. - New York, USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name

See Number 3.

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

See Number 3.

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

4 February 2019

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

5 February 2019

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

3.974%

0%

3.974%

252,143,923

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

4.100%

0%

4.100%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii

X

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, LLC

The number and % of voting rights held

N/A

The date until which the voting rights will be held

N/A

11. Additional informationxvi

The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you on February 4, 2019 funds managed by an affiliate of CREF sold 114,927 shares of Travis Perkins Plc bringing its total ownership to 7,886,957 or 3.128% of Travis Perkins Plc. These holdings are owned by mutual funds which are investment portfolios of the TIAA-CREF Funds or the TIAA-CREF Life Funds (collectively, the "Funds").  The Funds are SEC registered investment companies and the Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, LLC ("TAL"), an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TCIM. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Travis Perkins Plc is 252,143,923 bringing TAL's voting share ownership in Travis Perkins Plc to a 3.128% level.

Additionally, as of February 4, 2019, CREF owns 2,132,721 shares of Travis Perkins Plc equivalent to 0.846% of Travis Perkins Plc.  CREF owns these shares through one of its investment accounts: the Stock Account.

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 ("TCIM"), an SEC registered investment adviser.

A total of 10,019,678 or 3.974% of the outstanding voting shares of Travis Perkins Plc are owned, in aggregate, by CREF and these affiliated funds and accounts. TAL and TCIM follow the same policies when voting on behalf of CREF and the Funds. Additionally, TAL and TCIM separately and independently vote all proxies for shares held in Travis Perkins Plc. We are therefore aggregating the holdings in Travis Perkins Plc as requested by the current FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules for purposes of this form.

(See Exhibit A)

Place of completion

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, 730 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017-3206 USA

Date of completion

5 February 2019

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC    ("CREF")

Stock Account

Total CREF Holdings

Total CREF %

Holdings as of February 1, 2019

2,132,721

2,132,721

0.846%

Transactions as of February 4, 2019

-

-

0.000%

Holdings as of February 4, 2019

2,132,721

2,132,721

0.846%

Teachers Advisors LLC

TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund

TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund

Total Mutual Funds  Holdings

Total Mutual Funds %

Holdings as of February 1, 2019

7,828,744

173,140

8,001,884

3.174%

Transactions as of February 4, 2019

(112,089)

(2,838)

(114,927)

-0.046%

Holdings as of February 4, 2019

7,716,655

170,302

7,886,957

3.128%

Aggregate Holding

Total Holdings

Total %

Holdings as of February 1, 2019

10,134,605

4.019%

Transactions as of February 4, 2019

(114,927)

-0.046%

Holdings as of February 4, 2019

10,019,678

3.974%

Total Combined

Total Percentage

10,019,678

3.974%