Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
17 April 2008

Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS/PDMR SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Today, 17 April 2008, Kier Group plc were informed that on 10 April 2008 the
Trustee of the Kier Group All Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary
shares for the beneficial ownership of the following directors and persons
discharging managerial responsibility:

                          Shares acquired at £13.48     Free Matching Shares

Mr J Dodds:               9 shares                      4 shares
Mr I M Lawson:            9 shares                      4 shares
Miss D E Mattar:          9 shares                      4 shares
Mr R W Side:              9 shares                      4 shares

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)     9 shares                      5 shares
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)  9 shares                      4 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr J Dodds:                319,662 shares (0.867% of the issued share capital)
Mr I M Lawson:              11,770 shares (0.032% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:            92,395 shares (0.251% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:(*)            186,554 shares (0.506% of the issued share capital)

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)          917 shares (0.002% of the issued share capital)
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)    59,553 shares (0.161% of the issued share capital)

(*) Mr Side's holding above includes 6,320 shares in which he has no beneficial
interest.

The total number of ordinary shares of 1p in issue as at the date of this
notice, and therefore the total number of voting shares, is 36,878,822 shares.
There are no shares held in Treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders to determine if they are required
to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital
of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.



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