Result of EGM

Carillion PLC
14 January 2008


14 January 2008


                                 CARILLION PLC

                        ALFRED McALPINE PLC ACQUISITION

Announcement of results of Extraordinary General Meeting

Carillion plc (the 'Company') announces that, at the Carillion Extraordinary
General Meeting (the 'EGM') held earlier today for Carillion Shareholders to
approve the acquisition of Alfred McAlpine plc ('Alfred McAlpine'), the
resolution put to the EGM was approved by the Company's shareholders.

The resolution proposed at the EGM was carried on a show of hands. The proxy
votes lodged in respect of the resolution are as follows:

Shares for (including    % of    Shares     % of    Shares marked as     % of
discretionary)           vote    against    vote    votes withheld       vote

168,968,132              99.61   128,892    0.08    524,176              0.31

These details will shortly be displayed on Carillion's website at
www.carillionplc.com.

Completion of the Acquisition remains subject to the satisfaction or (if capable
of waiver) waiver of the remaining Conditions as set out in Appendix I to the
Scheme Document dated 21 December 2007 sent to Alfred McAlpine Shareholders,
including, among other things, competition clearances, the approval by Alfred
McAlpine Shareholders of the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting and of the resolutions
in connection with the Scheme at the Alfred McAlpine Extraordinary General
Meeting as well as the sanction of the Scheme by the High Court of Justice in
England and Wales.

For further information contact John Denning, Director, Group Corporate Affairs,
01902 316 426.

Lazard, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Carillion and no one else in
connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Carillion for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Lazard nor for providing advice in connection with the
Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein.

Morgan Stanley, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Carillion and no one
else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Carillion for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Morgan Stanley nor for providing advice in connection
with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein.

Oriel Securities, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Carillion and no one
else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Carillion for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Oriel Securities nor for providing advice in connection
with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A PROSPECTUS. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF
ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES, OR CONSTITUTE SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES.
ANY ACCEPTANCE OR RESPONSE TO THE ACQUISITION SHOULD BE MADE ONLY ON THE BASIS
OF THE INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN THE SCHEME DOCUMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS.

Unless stated otherwise, terms defined in the Prospectus dated 21 December 2007
shall have the same meaning in this announcement.

Copies of the resolution passed at the EGM have been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated atThe Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

Overseas shareholders

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions
other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore any persons
who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom
should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements. This
announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law
and the City Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that
which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in
accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of England.




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