Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1989D

Kier Group PLC

11 May 2012

DIRECTORS SHARE TRANSACTIONS: SCRIP DIVIDEND

Kier Group plc (the "Company") has today (11 May 2012) been advised that the following directors (and persons connected to them, where applicable) were allotted new ordinary shares at a price of 1216.8p per ordinary share instead of cash in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the year ending 30 June 2012:

Mr I M Lawson:	342 shares (330 shares self; 12 shares spouse)
Mr H J Mursell:	96 shares (spouse)
Mr M P Sheffield:	714 shares (550 shares self; 164 shares spouse)

Following these transactions, their total beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company were:

Mr I M Lawson:	24,412 shares	(0.063% of the issued share capital)
Mr H J Mursell:	7,371 shares	(0.019% of the issued share capital)
Mr M P Sheffield:	44,375 shares	(0.114% of the issued share capital)