Holding(s) in Company

Balfour Beatty PLC
16 November 2005



Balfour Beatty plc ('the Company') last night received notice from HBOS plc
('HBOS') that they now have a notifiable interest in the ordinary share capital
of the Company comprising 12,975,242 ordinary shares, representing 3.04% of the
issued ordinary share capital of the Company.



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