Director's Interests

Travis Perkins PLC
27 June 2001




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     27th June, 2001




                              TRAVIS PERKINS PLC

                             Director's Interests


In 27 June, 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 £7.30 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.