Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1866Z

Kier Group PLC

24 May 2016

KIER GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company has been informed that the Trustee of the Kier Group All Employee Share Ownership Plan today acquired ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of £12.37 per share for certain directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs"), through the reinvestment of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2015, as follows:

	Shares acquired at £12.37
Mr N P Brook	24 shares
Mr B E J Dew	3 shares
Mr A J Gordon-Stewart (PDMR)	27 shares
Mr H J Mursell	20 shares
Mr P J Pethica (PDMR)	19 shares
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR)	23 shares
Mr N A Turner	53 shares
Mr C Veritiero	17 shares

Additionally, the Company was informed today that, on 20 May 2016, the Trustee of the Kier Group 1999 Employee Benefit Trust acquired ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of £12.90 per share for certain directors and PDMRs under the Company's deferred shares bonus arrangements. The shares were acquired in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2015.

	Shares acquired at £12.90
Mr N P Brook	60 shares
Mr B E J Dew	37 shares
Mr H J Mursell	173 shares
Mr P J Pethica (PDMR)	42 shares
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR)	50 shares
Mr N A Turner	83 shares
Mr C Veritiero	74 shares

Following these transactions, the total beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company of such individuals (together with their connected persons, where relevant), and the percentage of the issued share capital of the Company represented by such interests, are:

Mr N P Brook	15,089 shares	0.016%
Mr B E J Dew	3,236 shares	0.003%
Mr A J Gordon-Stewart (PDMR)	1,611 shares	0.002%
Mr H J Mursell	43,942 shares	0.046%
Mr P J Pethica (PDMR)	8,796 shares	0.009%
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR)	10,928 shares	0.011%
Mr N A Turner	29,832 shares	0.031%
Mr C Veritiero	11,609 shares	0.012%