SEA - 26th November 2009

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Executive Share Option Scheme

Executive Director, David Hurcomb, on 25 November 2009 exercised the following Executive Share Option over Carillion plc ordinary shares of 50p:

Date of grant	No. of shares under option exercised	Option price per share
15 March 2005	30,895*	£2,4275

*Less than 0.01% of the issued share capital.

The 30,895 shares were then sold (including for tax and national insurance purposes) on 25 November 2009 at a price of £3.00 per share.

The total number of Carillion plc ordinary shares of 50p held by David Hurcomb following this transaction is 27,437 (0.007% of the issued share capital).

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

Tim George, Deputy Company Secretary