RNS announcement 19/08/08

Notification of PDMR interests in ordinary shares of an issuer, pursuant to Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 R (1) (a)

Name of issuer

Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company")

Name of individual PDMR

Andrew McNaughton

Reasons for responsibility to notify

PDMR

Description of the financial instrument

Ordinary shares held by the Trustees of the Balfour Beatty Employees' Trust ("the Trust") for the Company's long term incentive scheme, the Performance Share Plan 2001 ("the Plan") 

Nature of transaction

Exercise of a vesting award under the Plan, and subsequent dispositions:

Name of PDMR                        Shares vesting

Mr A McNaughton                    36,473

Price of exercise and sale and volume of shares sold

Name of PDMR             Price                Shares sold

Mr A McNaughton         425.5p            36,473

Date of transaction

18 August 2008 

Contact

Company Secretary

020 7216 6800 

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