Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
11 May 2006


Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS/PDMR SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 11 May 2006 the Trustee of the Kier Group All
Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of £17.38 per
share for the beneficial ownership of the following directors and persons
discharging managerial responsibility:

Mr J Dodds:                            7 shares
Mr I M Lawson:                         7 shares
Miss D E Mattar:                       7 shares
Mr R W Side:                           7 shares

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)                  8 shares
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)               7 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr J Dodds:               587,247 shares  (1.637% of the issued share capital)
Mr I M Lawson:              3,866 shares   (0.011% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:           68,780 shares   (0.192% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:              168,259 shares  (0.469% of the issued share capital)
Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)         200 shares   (<0.01% of the issued share capital)
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)   53,054 shares   (0.148% of the issued share capital)

The current issued share capital of Kier Group plc is: 35,864,125 shares.




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