Director Shareholding

Travis Perkins PLC
5 June 2002



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 June 2002


                               TRAVIS PERKINS PLC

                             Directors Shareholding



On 5 June 2002, Travis Perkins plc (the 'Company') was informed that Travis
Perkins Quest Trustees Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as
trustee of the Travis Perkins Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'QUEST') had, on 5 June 2002, transferred 302 ordinary shares in the Company to
employees in satisfaction of the exercise of options under the Company's savings
related share option scheme. The QUEST now holds 124,081 ordinary shares in the
Company. As potential beneficiaries under the QUEST, each executive director of
the Company is treated as being interested in all of the shares held by the
QUEST. The directors of the Company who may be considered to be potential
beneficiaries of the shares in this notification are:


F J McKay
P N Hampden Smith
J P Carter


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