Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
27 May 2004

Director's Share Transactions:

Kier Group plc announces that on 21 May 2004 Mr C R W Busby and
Mrs M L Busby acquired a total of 40 shares at a price of 653p per share
through the reinvestment of dividends in non-discretionary PEPs.

The registered holder is BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited.

Following this notification the beneficial holding of Mr C R W Busby is
563,979 shares, representing 1.59% of the current issued share capital.



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