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Shareholder Information

What are your registrars' contact details?

Capita Registrars The Registry 34 Beckenham Road Beckenham Kent BR3 4TU Call 0871 664 0300 from the UK (calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras) and +44 20 8639 3399 from outside the UK (Monday to Friday, 0900 to 1730, UK time). Alternatively, you can email them at ssd@capitaregistrars.com.
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Who should I contact regarding my shareholding?

All administrative enquiries relating to shareholdings and requests to receive corporate documents by email should, in the first instance, be directed to Capita Registrars. Clearly state the shareholder's registered address and, if available, the full shareholder reference number. Our Registrars can help you to: - Check your shareholding - Register a change of address or name - Obtain a replacement dividend cheque or tax voucher - Record the death of a shareholder - Amalgamate multiple accounts - Resolve any other question about your shareholding
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When are your dividends paid?

Ordinary dividends are normally paid in July and December each year. Preference dividends are normally paid at the beginning of January and the beginning of July each year.
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What is the general timetable relating to your Annual Report and Accounts and Annual General Meeting (AGM)?

Our financial year end is 31 December; preliminary results are normally announced in early March and the AGM is normally held in early May. The Annual Report is normally posted to shareholders in April. The half-year results and Interim Report are normally published in mid-August.
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I would like information on Balfour Beatty Preference Shares. When is the dividend paid, is it like the dividend from ordinary shares following interim and final results, and can I buy more shares using the Dividend Reinvestment Plan instead of receiving the dividend?

The preference shares are convertible at the option of the holder on the first day of the next calendar month following receipt of the conversion notice into new Balfour Beatty plc ordinary shares effectively on the basis of 21.05263 ordinary shares for every 100 preference shares based on the current conversion price of 475p per ordinary share, which is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Holders are entitled to a preferential dividend equivalent to a gross payment of 10.75p per preference share per annum, payable half-yearly. Any preference shares still outstanding are redeemable on 1 July 2020 at £1 each, together with any arrears of accruals of dividend, unless the holder exercises any option granted by the Company to extend the redemption date. The maximum redemption value of all of the issued and outstanding preference shares, excluding any arrears or accruals of dividend, was £117m at 31 December 2006. The Company is entitled to convert all outstanding preference shares into ordinary shares if there are fewer than 44,281,239 preference shares in issue or if the average of the closing mid-market price for a Balfour Beatty plc ordinary share during a 30-day period exceeds 950p, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. At 21 September 2007, there were 114,259,812 preference shares in issue. The preference shares carry no voting rights at a general meeting of the Company, except where the dividend is six months or more in arrears, or where the business of the meeting includes a resolution which directly affects the rights and privileges attached to the preference shares or a resolution for the winding-up of the Company. On a winding-up of the Company, holders are entitled to receive the sum of £1 per preference share, together with any arrears or accruals of dividend, in priority to any payment on any other class of shares.
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I hold share certificates for 50p ordinary shares (or Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p each) in the name "BICC plc". Are these valid or do I need to take any action?

Balfour Beatty plc changed its name from "BICC plc" on 10 May 2000. Any such share certificates in the previous name of the company remain valid and you need take no action.
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Do you offer a low cost share dealing service?

Balfour Beatty offers low cost dealing services for both the purchase and sale of Balfour Beatty shares via Pershing Securities Ltd. Details of all of our share dealing services, including Capita IRG Trustees Limited and JPMorgan Cazenove Limited, are in the share dealing service section.
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I have a small number of shares whose value would make it uneconomic to try to sell them. Is there anything that I can do?

If you consider that the number of shares you hold is so small that it is uneconomic to sell them, you may wish to consider donating them to charity under ShareGift, a charity share donation scheme administered by The Orr Mackintosh Foundation. Further information about this scheme is available direct on 020 7930 3737 or via its website at www.ShareGift.org. Alternatively, write to The Orr Mackintosh Foundation (ShareGift), 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH.
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Do you offer a scrip dividend facility?

No. We last offered shareholders the option of a scrip dividend in July 1998. In common with a number of other major listed companies, we have introduced a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) in place of the scrip dividend.
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How does your Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) work?

In common with a number of other major listed companies, we introduced a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) for the benefit of shareholders in May 1999. The DRIP allows shareholders to reinvest their cash dividend in shares bought on the London Stock Exchange through a specially-arranged share dealing service. Under the DRIP, there is no creation of new shares to dilute the value of existing shares. Further information, including a dividend mandate form, may be obtained from Capita Registrars.
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Do you offer a corporate ISA?

No.
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Can I receive shareholder communications electronically?

Yes. You can take control of your shareholding and keep your details up-to-date with the Balfour Beatty Share Portal, created with Capita Registrars. Visit www.balfourbeatty-shares.com or email shareportal@capita.co.uk. By creating a Share Portal account, you can access the full range of online services, including the ability to: view your holdings and indicative share price and valuation; view movements on your holdings and your dividend payment history; register a bank mandate to have your dividends paid directly into your bank account; change your registered address; sign-up to receive e-communications or access the online proxy voting; download and print shareholder forms. For every shareholder that registers to receive shareholder communications electronically, Balfour Beatty will donate £1 to the Climate Care programme.
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What is the Climate Care programme?

For every shareholder that registers to receive shareholder communications electronically, Balfour Beatty will donate £1 to Climate Care. Climate Care is a not-for-profit organisation that funds global sustainable energy and forest restoration projects, which reduce greenhouse gases. Examples of projects are: Financing renewable energy cooking stoves in schools in India; Making clean, efficient stoves available to some of the poorest communities in Honduras; Restoring rainforests in Uganda; Installing energy-efficient lamps in low-income households in South Africa and St Lucia. As well as cutting greenhouse gases, Climate Care's projects also help to improve people's standard of living and to protect wildlife habitats. For more information on the organisation, visit www.climatecare.org.
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