Directorate Change

Babcock International Group PLC
16 June 2005

Contacts:         Gordon Campbell/Peter Rogers     Andrew Lorenz/Rob Gurner
                  Babcock International Group PLC  Financial Dynamics
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16 June 2005


                 MIKE TURNER RETIRING AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Babcock International Group PLC, the support services company, announces that Mr
Mike Turner, one of its Non-Executive directors, having served for nine years as
a director of the Company, will be retiring from the Board with effect from 31st
December 2005.

Mr Turner's retirement is part of a programme of change amongst The Group's
Non-Executive directors, a number of whom have held their positions for long
periods by the standards of the Higgs recommendations on Board composition. The
programme of change amongst the Group's Non-Executive directors will be carried
out progressively and in a controlled manner over the next few years, so that
the Group does not lose the substantial benefit of their experience.

Gordon Campbell, Chairman, said:

'Mike has made an outstanding contribution during his nine years as a
Non-Executive director of Babcock. He has had a major input into our success,
both in terms of the group's strategic direction and its delivery of that
strategy.'

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Notes to editors:

About Babcock International Group PLC

Babcock International Group PLC is an asset management business. We manage fixed
infrastructure and mobile assets.  Babcock integrates labour, technical
capabilities, systems and supply chain partners to meet the outsourcing needs of
customers for 'mission-critical' capabilities.

In the year to 31 March 2005 sales from continuing business were £760 million.
In June 2004 Babcock acquired the Peterhouse Group which brought; Rail, Networks
and Health, Safety and Environmental to the Group.

The Group operates across five core business segments:

Defence Services, supplying facilities management, equipment support and
training services to the armed forces.

Technical Services, providing engineering and logistical support to both the
defence and civil sectors in the UK.

Engineering and Plant Services supplying design, installation and maintenance
support to the energy sector in Africa and the US.  It also holds the Volvo
franchise for construction equipment in Southern Africa.

Rail, providing design, renewal and installation services for the UK rail
infrastructure.

Networks, supporting the design, maintenance and renewal of power transmission
and cellular telecommunications networks in the UK.

Babcock's head office is in London and the Company's shares are quoted on the
London Stock Exchange in the support services sector (EPIC:BAB).  For further
information, please visit Babcock's website at www.babcock.co.uk.


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