Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
11 August 2006



Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS/PDMR SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 10 August 2006 the Trustee of the Kier Group
All Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of
£15.9663 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:                                              8 shares

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

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr J Dodds:                587,277 shares  (1.636% of the issued share capital)
Mr I M Lawson:              3,908 shares   (0.011% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:           68,810 shares   (0.192% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:               168,315 shares  (0.469% of the issued share capital)

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)         224 shares   (<0.01% of the issued share capital)
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)   53,084 shares   (0.148% of the issued share capital)

The issued share capital of Kier Group plc is: 35,887,903 shares.




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