Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
24 April 2007


RNS announcement 24/4/07


Notification of PDMR interests in ordinary shares of an issuer, pursuant to
Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 R (1) (a)


Name of issuer


Balfour Beatty plc (the 'Company')


Name of individual PDMRs


Manfred Leger (Mr Leger)

Brian Osborne (Mr Osborne)

Michael John Peasland (Mr Peasland)

Andrew Edward Rose (Mr Rose)

Ian Paul Tyler (Mr Tyler)


Reasons for responsibility to notify


PDMRs


Description of the financial instrument


Ordinary shares held by the Trustees of the Balfour Beatty Employees' Trust
('the Trust') for the Company's long term incentive scheme, the Performance
Share Plan 2001 ('the Plan')


Nature of transaction


Exercise of a vesting award under the Plan, and subsequent dispositions:


Name of PDMR Shares vesting Shares retained after tax


Mr Leger 32,283 19,369

Mr Osborne 31,017 0

Mr Peasland 40,322 0

Mr Rose 37,634 22,203

Mr Tyler 68,238 20,000


Date of transaction


23 April 2007


Price and volume of shares sold


Name of PDMR Price Shares sold


Mr Leger 475.87p 12,914

Mr Osborne 475.87p 31,017

Mr Peasland 475.87p 40,322

Mr Rose 475.87p 15,431

Mr Tyler 475.87p 48,238





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