Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
12 July 2006


Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS/PDMR SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 11 July 2006 the Trustee of the Kier Group All
Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of A£16.15 per
share for the beneficial ownership of the following directors and persons
discharging managerial responsibility:

Mr J Dodds:                   8 shares
Mr I M Lawson:                8 shares
Miss D E Mattar:              8 shares
Mr R W Side:                  8 shares

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)         7 shares
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)      8 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr J Dodds:                587,270 shares  (1.636% of the issued share capital)
Mr I M Lawson:               3,901 shares  (0.011% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:            68,803 shares  (0.192% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:               168,307 shares  (0.469% of the issued share capital)

Mr M D Barton: (PDMR)          216 shares  (<0.01% of the issued share capital)
Mr P J Staniland: (PDMR)    53,077 shares  (0.152% of the issued share capital)

The issued share capital of Kier Group plc is: 35,887,131 shares.




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