The College Retirement Equities Fund ('CREF') hereby informs you that on November 8, 2017, CREF bought 136,333 shares of Travis Perkins Plc bringing its share ownership to 2,594,673. 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 251,116,015, bringing CREF's ownership in Travis Perkins Plc to a 1.033% 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 November 8, 2017 funds managed by an affiliate of CREF bought 662,417 shares of Travis Perkins Plc. This brings the total ownership of these affiliated funds to 7,771,166 shares or 3.095% 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'), an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TCIM and TAL, holds an additional 2,621 shares or 0.001% of Travis Perkins Plc through separate accounts that it advises.

A total of 10,368,460 or 4.129% 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)

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