Rule 2.10 Announcement

Balfour Beatty PLC
09 January 2006


9 January 2006


          Balfour Beatty plc ('Balfour Beatty') - Rule 2.10 Disclosure
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Further to the announcement on 12 December 2005, and in accordance with Rule
2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, Balfour Beatty confirms that it
has 427,095,989 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue and 129,109,615
cumulative convertible redeemable preference shares of 1 pence each in issue.

The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for the Company's
ordinary shares is GB000961622 and for the Company's cumulative convertible
preference shares is GB00097820.



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