Holding(s) in Company

Balfour Beatty plc ("the Company") received notice today from Citibank, N.A., on behalf of Standard Life Investments Limited ("Standard Life") that Standard Life now hold 47,981,538 50p Ordinary Shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 6.99% of the total voting rights of the Company.

Of the 47,981,538 Ordinary Shares, the Company has been advised that 27,642,798 (4.03%) comprise a direct interest in the Company's total voting rights and that 20,338,740 (2.96%) comprise an indirect interest in the Company's total voting rights.