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Travis Perkins (TPK)
Travis Perkins: TR1 Notification of Major Share Interest
06-Feb-2019 / 07:30 GMT/BST
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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
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 Travis Perkins plc (Company No.
underlying issuer of existing shares to 00824821)
which voting rights are attachedii:
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
TIAA-CREF Investment Management,
LLC on behalf of the accounts
listed in Exhibit B.
Name
Teachers Advisors, LLC on behalf
of the funds
listed in Exhibit C.
TIAA-CREF Investment Management,
LLC - New York, USA
City and country of registered office (if
applicable)
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 See Number 3.
applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was 4 February 2019
crossed or reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified 5 February 2019
(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
shares (total instruments (8.A + of issuervii
of 8. A) (total of 8.B 1 8.B)
+ 8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on 3.974% 0% 3.974% 252,143,923
which threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of
previous
notification (if 4.100% 0% 4.100%
applicable)
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Number of voting rightsix % of voting rights
of Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
shares
(Art 9 of (Art 10 of (Art 9 of (Art 10 of
ISIN code Directive Directive Directive Directive
(if 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC)
possible) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1)
GB0007739609 10,019,678 0% 3.974% 0%
SUBTOTAL 8. 10,019,678 3.974%
A
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Number of voting
Type of Exercise/ rights that may be
financial Expiration Conversion acquired if the % of voting
instrument datex Periodxi instrument is rights
exercised/converted.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 N/A N/A
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 Number of
financial Expiration Conversion cash voting % of voting
instrument datex Period xi rights rights
settlementxii
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 not control any X
other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest
in the (underlying) issuerxiii
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)
% of voting rights
% of voting rights if through financial Total of both if it
Namexv it equals or is higher instruments if it equals or is higher
than the notifiable equals or is higher than the notifiable
threshold than the notifiable threshold
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 N/A
held
The date until which the voting N/A
rights will be held
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
Exhibit A
TIAA-CREF
Summary of Holdings of Travis Perkins plc
Between February 1, 2019 - February 4, 2019
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ("CREF")
Stock Account Total CREF Holdings Total CREF %
Holdings as of February 1, 2,132,721 2,132,721 0.846%
2019
Transactions as of February - - 0.000%
4, 2019
Holdings as of February 4, 2,132,721 2,132,721 0.846%
2019
Teachers Advisors LLC
TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF Life Total Mutual Total
International International Equity Funds Mutual
Equity Fund Fund Holdings Funds %
Holdings as of 7,828,744 173,140 8,001,884 3.174%
February 1, 2019
Transactions as
of February 4, (112,089) (2,838) (114,927) -0.046%
2019
Holdings as of 7,716,655 170,302 7,886,957 3.128%
February 4, 2019
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 Voting Shares Outstanding 252,143,923
Total Combined Total Percentage
10,019,678 3.974%
Exhibit B
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC
College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") *
• CREF Stock Account
* Registered Investment Company
Exhibit C
Teachers Advisors, LLC
TIAA-CREF Funds *
• International Equity Fund
TIAA-CREF Life Funds *
• Life International Equity Fund
* Registered Investment Company
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ISIN: GB0007739609
Category Code: HOL
TIDM: TPK
LEI Code: 2138001I27OUBAF22K83
OAM Categories: 2.3. Major shareholding notifications
Sequence No.: 7383
EQS News ID: 772793
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