Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
19 May 2006


DIRECTOR'S/PDMR SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 18 May 2006 the following (and persons
connected to them, where applicable) were allotted new ordinary shares at a
price of 1722p per share instead of cash in respect of the interim dividend for
the year ending 30 June 2005:

Mr I M Lawson:        12 shares
Mr M P Sheffield:     90 shares (63 shares self; 27 shares spouse)
Mr R W Side:          27 shares (Family trust: Non-beneficial interest)
Mr P T Warry:         36 shares

Following these transactions their total shareholdings were:

Mr I M Lawson:          3,878 shares   0.011% of the issued share capital
Mr M P Sheffield:      19,148 shares   0.053% of the issued share capital
Mr R W Side:          168,286 shares   0.469% of the issued share capital
Mr P T Warry:           7,737 shares   0.022% of the issued share capital

The current issued capital is 35,886,498 shares



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