Re Contract

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Carillion PLC

27 April 2010

 

27 April 2010

Carillion joint venture awarded design and build contract for New York University Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island Campus by Mubadala, worth approximately £570 million.

Mubadala Infrastructure, a business unit of Mubadala Development Company PJSC (Mubadala), has appointed Al Futtaim Carillion as the design and build contractor for New York University Abu Dhabi's main campus on Saadiyat Island.

The Saadiyat Island campus will include extensive classrooms, library and information technology facilities, laboratories, student, faculty and staff housing, athletic and performance facilities, and is expected to have a student body upwards of 2,500.

Construction is expected to start in Q3 2010 and to be completed by Q1 2014.

For further information

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc     [phone]

Finsbury

James Murgatroyd

Gordon Simpson                                                                   [phone]

Notes to editors

Carillion is the UK's leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities.  The Group has annual revenue of over £5 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.

In the UK, Carillion's principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.

In the Middle East, Carillion's principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion's portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects includes projects in the UK and Canada, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

In the inaugural Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards in May 2008, Carillion secured first place in the category for large and medium-sized companies with high environmental impact and second place overall.

This and other Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com

 

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