Director Shareholding

Gleeson(M J)Group PLC
5 January 2001


MJ Gleeson Group plc ('the Company')

Notification of Directors' interests

The  Company  was advised today that on 3 January  2001  the
Directors listed below acquired shares in the Company  at  a
purchase  price  of £7.95 per share through a profit-sharing
Employee Share Ownership Scheme, which has been approved  by
the  Inland  Revenue.  The Directors' previous  and  current
share holdings, including those held by Related Persons, are
as follows:

                                                 PERCENTAGE
              PREVIOUS   SHARES                   OF ISSUED
DIRECTOR       HOLDING  ACQUIRED    TOTAL NOW         SHARE
                                        HELD       CAPITAL
                                                           
S J Davies         296       18           314          0.0%
R J Jukes        8,135      128         8,263          0.1%
J D Kay         15,549      133        15,682          0.2%
C W McLellan    12,394      173        12,567          0.1%