Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
13 December 2004


Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 10 December 2004 the Trustee of the Kier Group
All Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of £6.98
for the beneficial ownership of the following:

Mr C R W Busby:     18 shares
Mr J Dodds:         18 shares
Mr R W Gregory:     18 shares
Miss D E Mattar:    18 shares
Mr R W Side:        18 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr C R W Busby:     564,138 shares (1.58% of the issued share capital)
Mr J Dodds:         576,471 shares (1.62% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Gregory:      27,872 shares (0.08% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:     45,851 shares (0.13% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:        154,009 shares (0.43% of the issued share capital)

In a separate transaction, on 10 December 2004 Mr C R W Busby and Mrs M L Busby
acquired a total of 98 shares at a price of 693p per share through the
reinvestment of Dividends in non-discretionary PEPs. The registered holder of
these shares is BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited.

Following this transaction the beneficial holding of Mr C R W Busby is 564,236
shares, representing 1.58% of the issued share capital of 35,604,728 shares.



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