Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
02 October 2003

KIER GROUP plc

DIRECTORS'   SHARE  TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 1 October 2003 the following shares vested to
the directors of the Company, valued at 642p per share, in satisfaction of
conditional awards made under the Kier Group 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan:

Mr C R W Busby        25,823 shares
Mr J Dodds            17,371 shares
Mr R W Gregory        3,781 shares
Miss D E Mattar       3,781 shares
Mr R W Side           3,781 shares
Mr R W Simkin         3,781 shares

Following these transactions their beneficial holdings were:

Mr C R W Busby        632,121 shares        1.79% of the issued share capital.
Mr J Dodds            583,899 shares        1.65% of the issued share capital.
Mr R W Gregory        20,261 shares         0.06% of the issued share capital.
Miss D E Mattar       33,674 shares         0.10% of the issued share capital.
Mr R W Side           156,607 shares        0.44% of the issued share capital.
Mr R W Simkin         265,990 shares        0.75% of the issued share capital.



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