+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |1a. Identity of the issuer or the| | |underlying issuer of existing |Travis Perkins Plc (Company No. 00824821) | |shares to which voting rights are| | |attached(ii): | | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |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 obligation(iv) | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | |TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on | | |behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B. | | | | | |Teachers Advisors, LLC on behalf of the | |Name |fundslisted in Exhibit C. | | | | | |Nuveen Asset Management, LLC on behalf of | | |the accounts listed in Exhibit D. | | | | | | | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | |TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC - New | | |York, USA | |City and country of registered | | |office (if applicable) |Teachers Advisors, LLC. - New York, USA | | | | | | Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. - Chicago, | | |USA | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |Name |See Number 3. | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |City and country of registered |See Number 3. | |office (if applicable) | | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |5. Date on which the threshold |24 January 2018 | |was crossed or reached(vi): | | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified |26 January 2018 | |(DD/MM/YYYY): | | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation | +------------------+-------------+----------------+-----------+----------------+ | | % of voting | % of voting | | | | | rights | rights through | Total of |Total number of | | | attached to | financial | both in % |voting rights of| | |shares (total| instruments |(8.A + 8.B)|issuer(vii) | | | of 8. A) |(total of 8.B 1 | | | | | | + 8.B 2) | | | +------------------+-------------+----------------+-----------+----------------+ |Resulting | | | | | |situation on the | | | | | |date on which | 3.919% | 0% | 3.919% | 9,874,450 | |threshold was | | | | | |crossed or reached| | | | | +------------------+-------------+----------------+-----------+----------------+ |Position of | | | | | |previous | | | | | |notification (if | 4.129% | 0% | 4.129% | | | | | | | | |applicable) | | | | | +------------------+-------------+----------------+-----------+----------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the | |threshold was crossed or reached(viii) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | +--------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |Class/type of |Number of voting rights(ix) |% of voting rights | |shares +---------------+ +-----------------+--------------+ | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |ISIN code (if | | | | | |possible) | (Art 9 of | (Art 10 of | (Art 9 of | (Art 10 of | | | Directive | Directive | Directive | Directive | | | 2004/109/EC) |2004/109/EC) | 2004/109/EC) |2004/109/EC) | | | (DTR5.1) | (DTR5.2.1) | (DTR5.1) | (DTR5.2.1) | +--------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------+ |GB0007739609 | 9,874,450 | 0% | 3.919% | 0% | +--------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------+ | | | | | | +--------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------+ | | | | | | +--------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------+ |SUBTOTAL 8. A | 9,874,450 | 3.919% | +--------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive | |2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) | +--------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | | | |Number of voting rights| | |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |that may be acquired if|% of voting | |financial |date(x) |Conversion |the instrument is |rights | |instrument | |Period(xi) | | | | | | |exercised/converted. | | +--------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | +--------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | | | | | | +--------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | | | | | | +--------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------+ |SUBTOTAL 8. B| N/A | N/A | |1 | | | +-------------+-----------------------+--------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. | |13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) | +------------+------------+------------+----------------+-------+--------------+ |Type of | |Exercise/ |Physical or cash|Number | | |financial |Expiration |Conversion | |of |% of voting | |instrument |date(x) |Period (xi) |settlement(xii) |voting |rights | | | | | |rights | | +------------+------------+------------+----------------+-------+--------------+ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | +------------+------------+------------+----------------+-------+--------------+ | | | | | | | +------------+------------+------------+----------------+-------+--------------+ | | | | | | | +------------+------------+------------+----------------+-------+--------------+ |SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 | N/A | N/A | +----------------+-------+--------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 | X | |not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or | | |indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer(xiii) | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ |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 entity(xiv| | |)(please add additional rows as necessary) | | +--------+-------------------+--------------------+---------+------------------+ | |% of voting rights | % of voting rights | | | |if it equals or is | through financial | Total of both if it equals | |Name(xv)| higher than the | instruments if it | or is higher than the | | | notifiable |equals or is higher | notifiable threshold | | | threshold |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/ Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ |The number and % of voting | N/A | |rights held | | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ |The date until which the | N/A | |voting rights will be held | | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |11. Additional information(xvi) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |The College Retirement Equities Fund ('CREF') hereby informs you that on | |January 24, 2018, CREF did not sell any shares of Travis Perkins Plc and so | |its voting share ownership remains at 1,826,968 or 0.725% of Travis Perkins | |Plc. CREF owns these shares through three of its investment accounts: the | |Global Equities Account, the Stock Account and the Social Choice Account. It | |is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Travis Perkins Plc| |is 251,994,708 bringing CREF's voting share ownership in Travis Perkins Plc to| |a 0.725% 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 ('TCIM'), an | |SEC registered investment adviser. | | | |Additionally, on January 24, 2018 funds managed by an affiliate of CREF sold | |327,388 shares of Travis Perkins Plc. This brings the total ownership of these| |affiliated funds to 8,045,774 voting shares or 3.193% 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. | | | |In addition, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC ('NAM'), is an SEC registered | |investment adviser that is affiliated with TCIM and TAL, on January 24, 2018, | |NAM did not sell any shares of Travis Perkins Plc and so its share ownership | |remains at 1,708 voting shares or 0.001% of Travis Perkins Plc held through | |the separate accounts that it advises. | | | |A total of 9,874,450 or 3.919% 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, each of TAL, TCIM and NAM 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 |26 January 2018 | +-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
Exhibit A.
TIAA-CREF Summary of Holdings of Travis Perkins PLC Between January 23, 2018 - January 24, 2018
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ('CREF') | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | |Global Equities |Social Choice |Stock Account | | |Account |Account | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Holdings as of | 14,013 | 1,172 | 1,811,783 | |23/01/18 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Transactions as of | - | | - | |24/01/18 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Holdings as of | 14,013 | 1,172 | 1,811,783 | |January 24, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | |Total CREF Holdings|Total CREF % |TIAA-CREF | | | | |International | | | | |Equity Fund | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Holdings as of | 1,826,968 |0.725% |7,974,347 | |January 23, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Transactions as of | - |0.000% | (322,697) | |January 24, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Holdings as of | 1,826,968 |0.725% |7,651,650 | |January 24, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Teachers Advisors LLC | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |TIAA-CREF |TIAA-CREF Social |TIAA-CREF Life |Nushares ESG | |International |Choice |International |International | |Equity Index Fund |International |Equity Fund |Developed Mkt | | |Equity Fund | |Equity ETF | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |221,982 |1,549 |175,284 |0 | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | - | - | (4,691) | - | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |221,982 |1,549 |170,593 |0 | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | |Total Mutual Funds |Total Mutual Funds| | | |Holdings |% | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | |8,373,162 |3.323% | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | | (327,388) |-0.130% | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | |8,045,774 |3.193% | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | +---------------------------------------+ |Aggregate Holding | +--------------------+------------------+ |Total Holdings |Total % | +--------------------+------------------+ |10,200,130 |4.048% | +--------------------+------------------+ | (327,388) |-0.130% | +--------------------+------------------+ |9,872,742 |3.918% | +-------------------++------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Total Voting Shares| 251,994,708 | | | |Outstanding | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (NAM) | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | |NAM |Total NAM Holdings |Total NAM% | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Holdings as of | 1,708 | 1,708 |0.001% | |January 23, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Transactions as of | - | - | | |January 24, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Holdings as of | 1,708 | 1,708 |0.001% | |January 24, 2018 | | | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | |Total Combined |Total Percentage | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+ | | 9,874,450 |3.919% | | +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+
Exhibit B.
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC
College Retirement Equities Fund ('CREF') *
* CREF Stock Account * CREF Global Equities Account * CREF Social Choice Account
* Registered Investment Company
Exhibit C.
Teachers Advisors, LLC
TIAA-CREF Funds *
* International Equity Fund * International Equity Index Fund * Social Choice International Equity Fund * Nushares ESG International Developed Market Equity ETF
TIAA-CREF Life Funds *
* Life International Equity Fund
* Registered Investment Company
Exhibit D.
* Nuveen Asset Management, LLC*
* Registered Investment Adviser.
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