Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
11 October 2005


Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS'/PDMR SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 10 October 2005 the Trustee of the Kier Group
All Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of £10.85
for the beneficial ownership of the following directors and persons discharging
managerial responsibility:

Mr J Dodds:               11 shares
Mr I M Lawson:            11 shares
Miss D E Mattar:          11 shares
Mr R W Side:              12 shares

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)     11 shares
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)  11 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr J Dodds:         587,173 shares (1.64% of the issued share capital)
Mr I M Lawson:        3,784 shares (0.01% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:     67,767 shares (0.19% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:        172,518 shares (0.48% of the issued share capital)

Mr M D Barton:           37 shares (<0.01% of the issued share capital)
Mr P J Staniland:    53,836 shares (0.15% of the issued share capital)

The issued share capital of Kier Group plc is: 35,701,302 shares




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