Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
17 May 2002

KIER GROUP plc

DIRECTOR'S SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 16 May 2002 the following were allotted new
ordinary shares at a price of 638.1p per share instead of cash in respect of the
interim dividend for the year ending 30 June 2002:

Mr C R W Busby and Mrs M L Busby - 104 shares

Mr J Dodds and Mrs V Dodds - 3,849 shares

Mr M P W Scarth and Mrs E V M Scarth - 2,789 shares

Mr P T Warry - 36 shares


Following these transactions the beneficial holdings of the abovementioned
directors and their spouses were:

Mr and Mrs Busby - 601,607 shares (1.7% of the issued share capital)

Mr and Mrs Dodds - 549,891 shares (1.6% of the issued share capital)

Mr and Mrs Scarth - 407,888 shares (1.2% of the issued share capital)

Mt P T Warry - 7,033 shares (0.02% of the issued share capital)


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