Completion of Acquisition

Galliford Try PLC
31 March 2006




                               Galliford Try plc

                 Completion of the Acquisition of the Morrison
                Construction Division and Placing and Open Offer
            of 46,834,753 New Ordinary Shares at 107 pence per share


Galliford Try announces that, following the admission earlier today of
46,834,753 New Ordinary Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority
and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's
market for listed securities becoming effective, the acquisition of the Morrison
Construction Division has now been successfully completed.

The definitions used in this announcement shall have the same meaning given to 
them in the Prospectus published by the Company dated 7 March 2006.



Enquiries:

Galliford Try plc
Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive                        [phone]
Frank Nelson, Finance Director                          [phone]

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Financial Adviser)
Simon Boadle                                            [phone]
Gerry Young                                             [phone]
Jonathan Raggett                                        [phone]

KBC Peel Hunt (Broker and Underwriter)
Simon Hayes                                             [phone]
Julian Blunt                                            [phone]

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial (PR adviser)
David Rydell                                            [phone]
Geoff Callow                                            [phone]




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