Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
16 June 2004

Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 11 June 2004 the Trustee of the Kier Group All
Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of £6.32 for
the beneficial ownership of the following:

Mr C R W Busby:    19 shares
Mr J Dodds:        19 shares
Mr R W Gregory:    19 shares
Miss D E Mattar:   19 shares
Mr R W Side:       20 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr C R W Busby:     564,018 shares     (1.59% of the issued share capital)
Mr J Dodds:         566,718 shares     (1.60% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Gregory:      17,242 shares     (0.05% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:     34,149 shares     (0.10% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:        153,823 shares     (0.43% of the issued share capital)

 
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