SEA - 12th October 2009

Carillion agrees sale of its environmental consultancy business, Enviros

Carillion has entered into an agreement for the sale of its environmental consultancy business, Enviros, to engineering, sciences and project delivery firm, Sinclair Knight Merz, for a net cash consideration of some £27 million, subject to completion balance sheet adjustments.

Carillion will use the sale proceeds to reduce net borrowing, in line with its objective of reducing this at the year end to below the half-year level of £146.0 million.

A further announcement will be made when the sale has been completed.

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.

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For further information contact

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