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Carillion PLC
05 September 2007



5 September 2007

Carillion's joint venture business in the Middle East appointed preferred bidder
for construction projects worth £470 million with framework agreements for up to
                  a further £5.3 billion of construction work

Carillion's joint venture business in the Middle East, Al Futtaim-Carillion, in
which Carillion is 49 per cent partner, has been appointed preferred bidder and
framework contractor for a number of major projects in the Middle East and North
Africa.  The total value to Carillion of the preferred bidder contracts is £192
million.  The work to be negotiated under framework agreements has a potential
value to Carillion of up to £2.6 billion over the next 7 years.

In Egypt, Al Futtaim-Carillion has been appointed preferred bidder for the first
phase of construction of the Cairo Festival City project, which has an estimated
construction value of some £2 billion, by its partner and the project developer,
the Al Futtaim Group.  Work on the first phase of construction, a £220 million
retail shopping mall, will start in January 2008 and is scheduled for completion
in October 2010.

In Abu Dhabi, a Carillion joint venture has been appointed preferred bidder on
its first major contract for the emirate's premier developer, Aldar, worth
approximately £250m over three years.

In Dubai, Carillion's joint venture business, Al Futtaim-Carillion, will
undertake up to a further 2.9 million square metres of construction work at
Festival City worth in the region of £3.5 billion over the next six years, under
a new framework agreement.

As a result of these successes Carillion's pipeline of probable orders for the
Middle East now stands at £2.1 billion, with the potential for this to increase
substantially as the developments in Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Dubai progress.

Commenting, Carillion's chief executive, John McDonough said: 'The progress we
are making in the Middle East represents a further major step towards delivering
Carillion's previously announced strategic objective of more than doubling
revenue from this region over the next five years through extending our existing
operations in Dubai and Oman into new territories.'

For further information contact

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs    01902 316426
 

Notes to editors

Carillion is one of the UK's leading support services, construction and Public
Private Partnership project companies.

The Group has annual revenue of around £4bn and employs over 50,000 people.

The Group operates across the UK, in the Middle East and in Canada and the
Caribbean.

In the UK, the Group has eight principal market sectors - Defence, Education,
Health, Building, Facilities Management and Services, Roads, Rail and Civil
Engineering.

In the Middle East, the Group's two principal market sectors are Construction
and Facilities Management.

In Canada and the Caribbean the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads
Maintenance and Construction.

The Group is a leader in Public Private Partnership projects, particularly in
the Defence, Education and Health sectors in the UK and in the Health sector in
Canada.

This and other news releases relating to the Group can be found at
www.carillionplc.com

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