Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
20 March 2002

Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 18 March 2002 the Trustee of the Kier Group All
Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of 643p for
the beneficial ownership of the following:

Mr C R W Busby - 19 shares

Mr J Dodds - 19 shares

Mr M P W Scarth - 19 shares

Miss D E Mattar - 19 shares

Following these transactions their beneficial holdings were:

Mr Busby - 601,466 shares (1.8% of the issued share capital)

Mr Dodds - 546,005 shares (1.6% of the issued share capital)

Mr Scarth - 405,062 shares (1.2% of the issued share capital)

Miss Mattar - 8,214 shares (0.02% of the issued share capital)



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