Transaction in Own Shares

Balfour Beatty PLC
20 August 2007

Balfour Beatty plc



20 August 2007

Purchase of Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p

Balfour Beatty plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation
402,000 Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference shares from JPMorgan
Cazenove Limited at a price of 148.25p per share.

Enquiries:

Tim Sharp                Balfour Beatty plc            020 7216 6800

Robert Constant         JPMorgan Cazenove Limited      020 7588 2828





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