Director Shareholding

Kier Group PLC
10 December 2004


Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 7 December 2004 the Trustee of the Kier Group
All Employee Share Ownership Plan invested dividends by acquiring ordinary
shares at a price of 697p per share for the beneficial ownership of the
following:

Mr C R W Busby:     14 shares
Mr J Dodds:         14 shares
Mr R W Gregory:     14 shares
Miss D E Mattar:    14 shares
Mr R W Side:        10 shares

Following these transactions their holdings were:

Mr C R W Busby:     564,120 shares (1.58% of the issued share capital)
Mr J Dodds:         576,453 shares (1.62% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Gregory:      27,854 shares (0.08% of the issued share capital)
Miss D E Mattar:     45,833 shares (0.13% of the issued share capital)
Mr R W Side:        153,991 shares (0.43% of the issued share capital)




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