Director/PDMR Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
18 April 2008


RNS announcement 18/4/07


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

Manfred Leger
Duncan Jonathan Magrath
Andrew McNaughton
Brian Osborne
Michael John Peasland
Anthony Leon Philip Rabin (executive director)
Andrew Edward Rose
Ian Paul Tyler (executive director)
Peter John Louis Zinkin (executive director)


Reasons for responsibility to notify

PDMRs


Description of the financial instrument

Ordinary shares of 50 pence each


Nature of transaction

The award of ordinary shares by The Trustees of the Balfour Beatty Employees'
Share Ownership Trust pursuant to the Rules of the Company's Long Term Incentive
Plan, the Performance Share Plan 2006


Date of transaction

15 April 2007


Place of transaction

Jersey, Channel Islands


Price and volume

449.17p per share

Volume

Name of PDMR                Number of ordinary shares awarded

M Leger                     79,312
D Magrath                   94,618
A McNaughton                79,312
B Osborne                   79,312
M J Peasland                79,312
A L P Rabin                 105,750
A E Rose                    79,312
I P Tyler                   193,690
P J L Zinkin                105,750


Contact
Company Secretary
020 7216 6800


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