Transaction in Own Shares

Balfour Beatty PLC
25 September 2007



Balfour Beatty plc



25 September 2007


Purchase of Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p

Balfour Beatty plc announces that today it purchased for cancellation 370,000
Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference shares from JPMorgan Cazenove
Limited at a price of 147p per share.


Enquiries:

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


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