Transaction in Own Shares

Balfour Beatty PLC
19 March 2008



Balfour Beatty plc



19 March 2008

Purchase of Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p

Balfour Beatty plc announces that today it purchased for cancellation 300,017
Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference shares from JPMorgan Cazenove
Limited at a price of 135.5p per share.


Enquiries:

Tim Sharp                    Balfour Beatty plc                  020 7216 6800
Robert Constant         JPMorgan Cazenove Limited                020 7588 2828



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