Director Shareholding

Gleeson(M J)Group PLC
5 October 2000


M J GLEESON PLC ('The Company')

Notification of Directors Interests

The Company was advised today that on 3 October, 2000 the Directors listed below
acquired Shares in the Company at a purchase price of £6.75 per Share.  Their
previous and current share holdings are as follows:

Director         Previous Holding  Shares sold  Shares acquired    Total

D J Gleeson         166,230              -             344        166,574
D J Eyre             10,162              -             272         10,434
J D Kay              15,118              -             157         15,275
C W McLellan         11,833              -             205         12,038
R J Jukes             7,730              -             149          7,869
S J Davies              234                             22            256

The above shares were acquired through a Profit Sharing Employee Share Ownership
Scheme, which has been approved by the Inland Revenue.