Director Shareholding

Balfour Beatty PLC
09 June 2004


On 8 June 2004 Balfour Beatty plc ('the Company') was notified that Mr P J L
Zinkin, an executive director, had exercised a vested award under the Company's
long term incentive scheme, the Performance Share Plan 2001, pursuant to which
73,409 ordinary 50p shares in the Company have been transferred to him.
Following the exercise of this award and as a result of subsequent dispositions
of the shares transferred, Mr Zinkin has increased his holding in ordinary
shares in the Company by a further 48,408 shares (making the total held by him
and his immediate family to 74,789 ordinary shares) and, at the same time, sold
25,000 shares at a price of £2.50125 each.



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange