Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
11 January 2007


Kier Group plc

On 11 January 2007 the Kier Group 1999 Employee Benefit Trust acquired through
its Trustee, RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited, 39,107 Ordinary Shares of 1p each
in the Company at a price of £20.204 per share for the purpose of the Kier
Group 1999 Long Term Incentive Plan.

The following directors/PDMRs of the Company, being potential beneficiaries
under the Long Term Incentive Plan, are therefore interested in the shares:

Mr J Dodds
Miss D E Mattar
Mr I M Lawson
Mr M O'Farrell
Mr M P Sheffield
Mr R W Side
Mr R W Simkin

Mr M D Barton (PDMR)
Mr P J Staniland (PDMR)

The total number of ordinary shares of 1p in issue as at the date of this notice
is 36,359,731 shares, with each share carrying the right to one vote. There are
no shares held in Treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders to determine if they are required
to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital
of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.




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