SEA - 20th October 2009

Carillion plc (the "Company")

New Directorship Held in Another Publicly Quoted Company

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14, the Company announces that Philip Rogerson, Company Chairman and Chairman of the Nominations Committee, will join the Board of Bunzl plc, the international distribution and outsourcing Group, as Chairman designate on 1 January 2010 and will become Chairman with effect from 1 March 2010.

In order to take up this appointment, Mr. Rogerson will retire from his present positions as Chairman of Northgate plc on 31 December 2009 and non-executive director of Davis Service Group plc on 28 February 2010. Mr Rogerson will remain as Chairman of Carillion plc and Aggreko plc.

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