Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
12 December 2002

KIER GROUP plc

DIRECTOR'S SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 10 December 2002 the following were allotted
new ordinary shares at a price of 439.8p per share instead of cash in respect of
the final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2002:

Mr C R W Busby and Mrs M L Busby - 328 shares

Mr M P W Scarth and Mrs E V M Scarth - 6,776 shares

Mr P T Warry - 114 shares

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

Mr and Mrs Busby - 625,700 shares (1.8% of the issued share capital)

Mr and Mrs Scarth - 432,011 shares (1.3% of the issued share capital)

Mt P T Warry - 7,147 shares (0.02% of the issued share capital)


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