SEA - 12th March 2009

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Carillion plc (the Company) Deferred Bonus Plan

The following Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR) was granted an award on 3 April 2007 under the Carillion Deferred Bonus Plan (the Plan) over the following number of shares:-

	No. of Ordinary Shares of 50p each
Don Kenny, Executive Director	15,794

For the purposes of the Plan, the shares were held in the Carillion plc Employee Share Ownership Trust before being transferred to Mr.Kenny on 11 March 2009.

The 15,794 shares were then sold (including for tax and national insurance purposes) on 11 March 2009 at a price of £2.2925 pence per share.

The total number of Carillion Ordinary Shares of 50p each held by Mr.Kenny following this transaction remains at 88,153.

Tim George

Deputy Company Secretary

Carillion plc

12 March 2009

Notes to editors

Carillion is one of the UK’s leading support services, Public Private Partnership project and construction companies. The Group has annual revenue of around £5 billion, employs some 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.

In the UK, Carillion’s principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.

In the Middle East, Carillion’s principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group’s main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion has a substantial portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

In the inaugural Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards in May 2008, Carillion secured first place in the category for large and medium-sized companies with high environmental impact and second place overall.

This and other Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com

For further information contact

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc 01902 316426