Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
13 December 2001


Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 11 December 2001 the following were allotted
new ordinary shares at a price of 448p per share instead of cash in respect of
the final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2001:

Mr C R W Busby and Mrs M L Busby - 271 shares

Mr M P W Scarth - 4,754 shares

Mr P T Warry - 94 shares

Following these transactions the beneficial holdings of the abovementioned
directors and their spouses were:

Mr and Mrs Busby - 601,288 shares (1.8% of the issued share capital)

Mr and Mrs Scarth - 404,880 shares (1.2% of the issued share capital)

Mr P T Warry - 6,997 shares (0.02% of the issued share capital)

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