Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
04 April 2006


Name of issuer:
Balfour Beatty plc

Name of individual:
Michael John Peasland

Reasons for responsibility to notify:
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility

Description of the financial instrument:
Executive share options

Nature of the transaction:
Exercise of 6,136 executive share options granted on 17 April 1996 at 344.2p,
and the subsequent sale of 6,136 50p Ordinary Shares received on exercise

Date and place of the transaction:
3 April 2006, UK

Date of notification of transaction to the issuer:
3 April 2006

Price and volume of the transaction:
6,136 50p Ordinary Shares were sold at a price of 373.75p each, following 
exercise of the options

Notification:
Notification is made under Disclosure Rule 3.1.2

Contact:
Mr C M Pryce
Assistant Secretary

Telephone: [phone]






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