Purchase of Own Securities

Balfour Beatty PLC
22 November 2002

Balfour Beatty PLC

22 November 2002

Balfour Beatty PLC - Purchase of Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares of 1p

Balfour Beatty PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation
2,000,000 Cumulative Convertible Preference shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a
price of 137p per share.

Enquiries:

Tim Sharp Balfour Beatty PLC   020 7216 6800




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