SEA - 15th April 2009

Director/PDMR Shareholding: Carillion plc (the Company) Deferred Bonus Plan

	No. of Ordinary Shares of 50p each
David Hurcomb, Executive Director	40,000
Staff Engstrom, Strategy Director	7,833
Richard Tapp, Company Secretary	9,044
Susan Morton, Group HR Director	8,621
Richard Howson, Managing Director Middle East and North Africa	9,882

For the purposes of the Plan, the shares were held in the Carillion plc Employee Share Ownership Trust (the Trust) for 12 months before being transferred to the PDMRs.

Of these shares, those marked* were sold on 8 April 2009 at a price of £2.5255 per share and those marked** were sold on 8 April 2009 at a price of £2.532958 per share (including for tax and national insurance purposes):

	No. of Ordinary Shares of 50p
David Hurcomb, Executive Director	40,000*
Staff Engstrom, Strategy Director	3,251*
Richard Tapp, Company Secretary	9,044*
Susan Morton, Group HR Director	3,578*
Richard Howson, Managing Director Middle East and North Africa	9,882**

Any balance of shares remaining following these transactions were transferred to PDMRs on 8 April 2009.

The total number of Carillion shares now held by each of these PDMRs following this transaction is as follows:

	No. of Ordinary Shares of 50p each *
David Hurcomb, Executive Director	11,254
Staff Engstrom, Strategy Director	32,379
Richard Tapp, Company Secretary	143,566
Susan Morton, Group HR Director	88,563
Richard Howson, Managing Director Middle East and North Africa	2,331

*Each less than 0.04% of the issued share capital.

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