SEA - 15th April 2009 (b)

Director/PDMR Shareholding: Leadership Equity Award Plan (LEAP)

Carillion plc (the Company) reports that on 7 April 2009, the following PDMRs of the Company were granted interests in the Company's ordinary shares of 50p each as follows. INSERT OPENING PARAGRAPH

Awards were made under the LEAP as shown in the table below. The number of shares vesting will be subject to achievement of the performance target based on annual average growth in earnings per share above the Retail Prices Index over a three year period.

PDMR	Maximum No. of Ordinary Shares of 50p each*
John McDonough Chief Executive	366,963
Richard Adam Finance Director	236,750
Don Kenny Executive Director	180,522
David Hurcomb Executive Director	162,765
Richard Tapp Company Secretary	60,667
Staff Engstrom Strategy Director	54,255
Susan Morton Group HR Director	57,411
Richard Howson, Managing Director Middle East and North Africa	68,544

* 0.09% of the issued share capital or less.

Tim George

Deputy Company Secretary

Carillion plc

15 April 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