Purchase of Own Securities

Balfour Beatty PLC
14 May 2004


Balfour Beatty plc


14 May 2004


Purchase of Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p

Balfour Beatty plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation
10,510,755 Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference shares from Cazenove &
Co. Ltd at a price of 145.5p per share.

Enquiries:

Tim Sharp                 Balfour Beatty plc                       020 7216 6884

Robert Constant           Cazenove & Co. Ltd                       020 7588 2828


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