Balfour Beatty (BAFBF) F-6 POS Automatic registration for ADRs (post-effective amendment, foreign)

As filed with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2012 Registration No. 333-181753

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM F-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY

AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

Balfour Beatty plc

(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

England and Wales

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

CITIBANK, N.A.

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

399 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10043

(877) 248 - 4237

 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)

Parsons Brinckerhoff Group Inc.

One Penn Plaza

New York, New York  10019

(212) 465-5000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Keely Hibbitt Balfour Beatty plc 130 Wilton Road London SW1V 1LQ Herman H. Raspé, Esq. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466:	x immediately upon filing.
	o on (Date) at (Time).

If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box : o

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Cross Reference Sheet

Item 1.DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

Item Number and Caption			Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”) Filed Herewith as Prospectus
1.	Name of Depositary and address of its principal executive office		Face of Receipt -  Introductory Article.
2.	Title of Receipts and identity of deposited securities		Face of Receipt  - Top Center.
Terms of Deposit:
	(i)	The amount of deposited securities represented by one American Depositary Share ("ADSs")	Face of Receipt  - Upper right corner.
	(ii)	The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities	Reverse of Receipt  - Paragraphs (16) and (17).
	(iii)	The collection and distribution of dividends	Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (14).
	(iv)	The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material	Face of Receipt  - Paragraph (13); Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (16).
	(v)	The sale or exercise of rights	Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (14) and (16).
	(vi)	The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization	Face of Receipt - Paragraphs (3) and (6); Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (14) and (18).
	(vii)	Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement	Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (22) and (23) (no provision for extensions).
	(viii)	Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of holders of ADSs	Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
	(ix)	Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities	Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9) and (10).

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Item Number and Caption			Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”) Filed Herewith as Prospectus
	(x)	Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary	Face of Receipt - Paragraph (7); Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (19) and (20).
3.	Fees and charges which may be imposed directly or indirectly on holders of ADSs		Face of Receipt - Paragraph (10).
Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION			Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).

The Company publishes the information contemplated in Rule 12g3-2(b)(2)(i) under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on its internet website or through an electronic information delivery system generally available to the public in the Company’s primary trading market.  The electronic information delivery system the Company uses for the publication of such reports is its internet website.  As of the date hereof the Company’s internet website is http://www.balfourbeatty.com.  The information so published by the Company may not be in English, except that the Company is required, in order to maintain its exemption from the Exchange Act reporting obligations pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b), to translate such information into English to the extent contemplated in Rule 12g3-2(b).  The information so published by the Company cannot be retrieved from the internet website of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and cannot be inspected or copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission located (as of the date of the Deposit Agreement) at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.

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PROSPECTUS

The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt filed as Exhibit (a)(i) to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.EXHIBITS

(a)(i)  Form of American Depositary Receipt.  ___ Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(i).

(a)(ii) Deposit Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2012, by and among Balfour Beatty plc (the “Company”), Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. ___ Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(ii).

(b)  Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby.  ___None.

(c)  Form of Letter Agreement by and between the Company and the Depositary.  ___ Filed herewith as Exhibit (c).

(d)  Opinion of counsel for the Depositary as to the legality of the securities to be registered.  ___ Previously Filed.

(e)  Certificate under Rule 466.  ___ Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).

(f)  Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the authorized representative of the Company.  ___ Previously Filed.

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Item 4.  UNDERTAKINGS

(a) The Depositary undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of ADSs, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.

(b) If the amount of fees charged is not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request.  The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an ADS thirty (30) days before any change in the fee schedule.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Citibank, N.A., acting solely on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2012, by and among Balfour Beatty plc, Citibank, N.A., as depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares to be issued thereunder, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 6th day of July, 2012.

Legal entity created by theDeposit Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2012, for the issuance of ADSs, each ADS to represent two (2) ordinary shares of Balfour Beatty plc CITIBANK, N.A., solely in its capacity as Depositary
By:	/s/ Richard Etienne
	Name:  Title:	Richard Etienne Vice President

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Balfour Beatty plc certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in London, United Kingdom, on July 5th, 2012.

BALFOUR BEATTY PLC
By:	/s/ MD Peters
Name:  Title:	MD Peters Head of Secretariat

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on July 5th, 2012.

Signature	Title
MD Peters*	Chief Executive (Principal Executive Officer)
Ian Tyler
MD Peters*	Finance Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Duncan Magrath
MD Peters*	Non-Executive Chairman
Steve Marshall
MD Peters*	Non-Executive Director
Graham Roberts
MD Peters*	Chief Operating Officer
Andrew McNaughton
MD Peters*	Planning and Development Director
Peter Zinkin
MD Peters*	Non-Executive Director
Iain Ferguson

*MD Peters

Attorney-in-Fact

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/s/ Donald J. Puglisi	Authorized Representative in the U.S.
Donald J. Puglisi

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Index to Exhibits

Exhibit	Document	Sequentially Numbered Page
(a)(i)	Form of American Depositary Receipt
(a)(ii)	Deposit Agreement
(c)	Form of Letter Agreement
(e)	Certificate under Rule 466