Holding(s) in Company

Balfour Beatty PLC
16 April 2002



'Balfour Beatty plc ('the Company') yesterday received notice from Standard Life
Investments Limited, on behalf of Standard Life Group ('Standard Life') that
Standard Life now have a material notifiable interest in the ordinary share
capital of the Company comprising 16,630,013 ordinary shares, representing 4.01%
of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.'


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