Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
08 May 2006


Notification of a transaction of a Director pursuant to s 324 Companies Act
1985, Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 R (1) (b).

Name of issuer:
Balfour Beatty plc (the 'Company')

Name of individual Director:
Ian Paul Tyler

Reasons for responsibility to notify:
Executive director

Description of the financial instrument:
Ordinary shares of 50 pence each

Nature of transaction:
Sale of ordinary shares

Date of transaction:
5 May 2006

Price and volume:
25,000 ordinary shares at a price of 3.6325p each, following the vesting of
ordinary shares under the Company's long term incentive plan, the Performance
Share Plan 2001 (announcement 20 April 2006).

Contact:
Company Secretary
0207 216 6800



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