Result of AGM

Balfour Beatty PLC
3 May 2001


AGM Poll Results



The results of the polls taken at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on
2 May 2001 were as follows:



Resolution 1                (Adoption of 2000 Report and Accounts)

Votes for:                   178,688,202

Votes against:               107,194



Resolution 2                 (Declaration of final dividend)

Votes for:                    178,698,243

Votes against:                25,863



Resolution 3                 (Re-election of Viscount Weir)

Votes for:                    167,672,128

Votes against:                6,870,068



Resolution 4                 (Re-election of Mr C R Reeves)

Votes for:                    170,393,780

Votes against:                5,578,281



Resolution 5                (Re-election of Mr U G Stark)

Votes for:                   178,365,852

Votes against:               432,151



Resolution 6                 (Election of Mr M K Eckersall)

Votes for:                    178,714,122

Votes against:                84,154



Resolution 7                 (Election of Sir David John)

Votes for:                    178,335,724

Votes against:                462,316



Resolution 8                 (Re-appointment of auditors)

Votes for:                   173,705,705

Votes against:               1,362,461



Resolution 9                 (Authority to allot unissued shares)

Votes for:                    178,559,653

Votes against:                238,614



Resolution 10               (Authority to allot shares for cash)

Votes for:                   178,616,742

Votes against:               176,138



Resolution 11               (Authority to buy back Ordinary and Preference
Shares)

Votes for:                   178,669,396

Votes against:               125,395




Resolution 12               (Approval of new Savings-Related Share Option
Scheme)

Votes for:                   178,628,306

Votes against:               169,959



Resolution 13               (Approval of new Executive Share Option Scheme)

Votes for:                   171,062,616

Votes against:               1,706,391



Resolution 14               (Approval of new Performance Share Plan)

Votes for:                   173,385,006

Votes against:               1,682,070



Resolution 15               (Requisitioned Resolution)

Votes for:                   3,416,218

Votes against:               102,211,464





Accordingly, Resolutions 1 to 9, (inclusive) and 12 to 14 (inclusive) were
passed as Ordinary Resolutions, and Resolutions 10 and 11 were passed as
Special Resolutions.  Resolution 15, which had been requisitioned by a number
of shareholders including Friends of the Earth, was defeated.