Director Shareholding

Carillion PLC
10 January 2001

Carillion plc (the Company) reports that on 9 January 2001, the following
directors of the Company were granted interests in the ordinary shares of the
Company up to a maximum of the figure shown against each name below. The
interests arise from conditional awards made under the Company's Long Term
Incentive Plan. Any actual award of shares will be dependent on the Company's
total shareholder return over a three year performance period compared with
total shareholder return over the same period achieved by a comparator group
of companies.


Director                            Maximum No. of Ordinary Shares
                                    of 50p each

J McDonough                         270,157
CF Girling                          187,032
E McEwan                            178,719
RW Robinson                         191,188
BJ Sharples                         191,188



Additionally on 9 January 2001, Mr John McDonough, Chief Executive was granted
a conditional award of 191,041 ordinary shares under a Long Term Incentive
Agreement. Any actual award will be dependent on the Company's total
shareholder return over a two year performance period compared with total
shareholder return over the same period achieved by a comparator group of
companies. He was also granted an option over 23,166 ordinary shares under the
Company's Inland Revenue Approved Executive Share Option Scheme 1999 and an
option over 478,764 ordinary shares under the Company's Executive Share Option
Scheme 1999, both at an option price of 129.5p. Exercise of the options is
subject to achievement of the performance condition that the earnings per
share of the Company over a rolling period of three financial years must
increase by a percentage which is not less than the increase in the UK Retail
Prices Index over the same period plus four percentage points per annum.



Tim George

Deputy Company Secretary

10 January 2001