Director Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
17 April 2002


Companies' Act 1985 - Section 329; Disclosure of Directors Interests -
Conditional right to acquire an interest in shares

Under the Balfour Beatty Performance Share Plan ('the Plan'), approved by the
ordinary shareholders of Balfour Beatty plc ('the Company') at its Annual
General Meeting on 2 May 2001, awards were made to accepting invitees today, 17
April 2002, including the following Executive Directors of the Company:

Mr J L Cohen

Mr M K Eckersall

Mr P J  Lester

Mr I P Tyler

Mr M W Welton

Mr P J L Zinkin


In accordance with the Rules of the Plan and the terms of his award, each of
these directors has an interest in ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company,
which may be transferred to him under the Plan if certain performance conditions
are met.  The number of shares (if any) will not be known until shortly after
the announcement of the Company's results for the financial year ending 31
December 2004, being the date on which the performance period, over which the
performance criteria have to be met, ends.


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