Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
03 May 2006


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 PDMR:
Michael John Peasland

Reasons for responsibility to notify:
PDMR

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') and the Company' Deferred Bonus scheme 2005.

Nature of transaction:
Exercise of a vesting award, under the Plan, of 38,366 ordinary shares and
retention of 22,635 shares after the sale of 15,731 shares to meet the PAYE and
NI liability arising on exercise.

Date of transaction:
28 April 2006

Price and volume:
No consideration is payable for the award but PAYE and NI are due in full on
exercise.

Notification:
Consequent upon the exercise of this award and of other vesting awards under the
Plan by employees who are not directors or PDMR's, the Executive Directors who
are (among other employees) beneficiaries of the Trust, are deemed to have an
interest in a total of 1,665,305 ordinary shares now held by the Trust.

Contact:
Company Secretary
0207 216 6800



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