Transaction in Own Shares

Balfour Beatty PLC
10 March 2006


Balfour Beatty plc

10 March 2006


Purchase of Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p

Balfour Beatty plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation
7,013,140 Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference shares from JPMorgan
Cazenove Limited at a price of 157p per share.

Enquiries:


Tim Sharp                    Balfour Beatty plc         020 7216 6800
Robert Constant         JPMorgan Cazenove Limited       020 7588 2828





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