Ballast Nedam: Allocation of Options to Members Board of Management

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands, March 15, 2010 - As of 12 March 2010, the Supervisory Board has allocated options to the
members of the Board of Management: 30.000 options to Mr Theo Bruijninckx,
22.500 options to Mr Ruud Jacobs and 22.500 options to Mr Romeo Malizia.

The options are allocated in accordance with the options regulations as
determined during the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on 26
October 2006.

The exercise price is EUR 13,43 which represents the average closing
price of shares of the Ballast Nedam N.V. certificate of deposit on NYSE
Euronext Amsterdam on the five trading days up to and including the day of
allocation.

The options have a maximum exercise period of six years, starting from 12
March 2010, and can be exercised as of three years after the moment of
allocation.

The option holders should invest their own capital in the business by
purchasing and retaining a number of certificates of deposit to the value of
at least 5% of the number of options not yet exercised.

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Further information: Ballast Nedam N.V., Adrie van Kessel, telephone number +31-(0)30-285-41-61