Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
24 April 2008


RNS announcement 24/4/08


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

Peter Zinkin (Mr Zinkin)


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')


Nature of transaction

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


Name of PDMR                Shares vesting        Shares retained after tax

Mr Zinkin                       87,161                      25,676


Price and volume of shares sold

Name of PDMR                     Price           Shares sold (including for tax)

Mr Zinkin                        461.4p                      61,485


Date of transaction

21 April 2008


Contact

Company Secretary
020 7216 6800



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