Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
25 April 2008


RNS announcement 25/4/08

Notification of PDMR interests in ordinary shares of an issuer, pursuant to
Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 R (1) (a)

Name of issuer

Balfour Beatty plc (the 'Company')

Name of individual PDMRs

Mr M J Peasland
Mr A L P Rabin

Reasons for responsibility to notify

PDMRs

Description of the financial instrument

Ordinary shares held by the Trustees of the Balfour Beatty Employees' Trust
('the Trust') for the Company's long term incentive scheme, the Performance
Share Plan 2001 ('the Plan')

Nature of transaction

Exercise of a vesting award under the Plan, and subsequent dispositions:

Name of PDMR                Shares vesting         Shares retained after tax

Mr M J Peasland                54,710                          0
Mr A L P Rabin                 81,797                     20,000

Price and volume of shares sold

Name of PDMR                    Price            Shares sold (including for tax)

Mr M J Peasland                457.47p                       54,710

Mr A L P Rabin                 457.47p                       61,797


Date of transaction

22 April 2008


Contact
Company Secretary
020 7216 6800


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