RNS Number:7125R
Balfour Beatty PLC
05 November 2003

Balfour Beatty plc ("the Company") received notice from Fidelity Management &
Research Company on 4 November 2003 that the non-beneficial notifiable interest
of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries ("FMR") and Fidelity
International Limited ("FIL") and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and in
the ordinary share capital of the Company now comprises 20,625,542 ordinary
shares, representing 4.91% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
The notifiable interests of FMR and FIL also comprise the notifiable interest of
Mr Edward C. Johnson III, principal shareholder of FMR and FIL.

Fidelity Management & Research Company have informed us that these shares are
held solely for investment purposes.


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