Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kingspan Group PLC
16 March 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 11

    Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
                      Responsibility and Connected Persons



        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters

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|1 |       Name of the Issuer       |2 |     State whether the notification relates to:      |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  |KINGSPAN GROUP PLC              |  |(i) a transaction notified in accordance with Market |
|  |                                |  |  Abuse Rules; (ii) a disclosure made in accordance  |
|  |                                |  |  with section 53 (as extended by section 64 of the  |
|  |                                |  |  Companies Act 1990) or entered into the issuer's   |
|  |                                |  |    register in accordance with section 59 of the    |
|  |                                |  | Companies Act 1990; or (iii) both (i) and (ii); and |
|  |                                |  |      pursuant to Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a)       |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  |                                |  |            NOTIFICATION RELATES TO (III)            |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|3 |   Name of person discharging   |4 |   State whether notification realties to a person   |
|  |  managerial responsibilities/  |  |   connected with a person discharging managerial    |
|  |            director            |  |responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify the|
|  |                                |  |                  connected person                   |
|  |          DAVID BYRNE           |  |                                                     |
|  |                                |  |     NOTIFCIATION RELATES TO DIRECTOR NAMED IN 3     |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|5 |      Indicate whether the      |6 |Description of shares (including class) debentures or|
|  |notification is in respect of a |  |  derivatives or financial instruments relating to   |
|  | holding of the person referred |  |                       shares                        |
|  |to in 3 or 4 above or in respect|  |                                                     |
|  |  of a non-beneficial interest  |  |            ORDINARY SHARES OF €0.13 EACH            |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  | NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF  |  |                                                     |
|  |HOLDING OF PERSON REFERRED TO IN|  |                                                     |
|  |               3                |  |                                                     |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|7 | Name or registered shareholder |8 |         State the nature of the transaction         |
|  |   (s) and, if more than one,   |  |                                                     |
|  |number of shares held by each of|  |                 PURCHASE OF SHARES                  |
|  |              them              |  |                                                     |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  |          DAVID BYRNE           |  |                                                     |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|9 |Number of shares, debentures or |10|Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares |
|  | financial instruments relating |  | of that class should not be taken into account when |
|  |       to shares acquired       |  |               calculating percentage)               |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  |             1,000              |  |                       0.0005%                       |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|11|Number of shares, debentures or |12|Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares |
|  | financial instruments relating |  | of that class should not be taken into account when |
|  |       to shares disposed       |  |               calculating percentage)               |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  |              N/A               |  |                         N/A                         |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|13|  Price per share or value of   |14|            Date and place of transaction            |
|  |          transaction           |  |                                                     |
|  |                                |  |                    16 MARCH 2006                    |
|  |             €12.29             |  |                                                     |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+
|15|    Total holding following     |16|         Date issuer informed of transaction         |
|  |     notification and total     |  |                                                     |
|  |  percentage holding following  |  |                    16 MARCH 2006                    |
|  |   notification (any treasury   |  |                                                     |
|  |shares should not be taken into |  |                                                     |
|  |    account when calculating    |  |                                                     |
|  |          percentage)           |  |                                                     |
|  |                                |  |                                                     |
|  |        1,200 (0.0006%)         |  |                                                     |
+--+--------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------------------------+



If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by
                   the issuer, complete the following boxes:

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|17|             Date of grant             |18| Period during which or date on |
|  |                                       |  |   which it can be exercised    |
|  |                  N/A                  |  |                                |
|  |                                       |  |              N/A               |
+--+---------------------------------------+--+--------------------------------+
|19|Total amount paid (if any) for grant of|20|    Description of shares or    |
|  |              the option               |  | debentures involved (class and |
|  |                                       |  |            number)             |
|  |                  N/A                  |  |                                |
|  |                                       |  |              N/A               |
+--+---------------------------------------+--+--------------------------------+
|21|  Exercise price (if fixed at time of  |22|   Total number of shares or    |
|  |grant) or indication that the price is |  | debentures over which options  |
|  |  to be fixed at the time of exercise  |  |are held following notification |
|  |                                       |  |                                |
|  |                  N/A                  |  |              N/A               |
+--+---------------------------------------+--+--------------------------------+
|23|      Any additional information       |24| Name of contact and telephone  |
|  |                                       |  |       number for queries       |
|  |                  N/A                  |  |                                |
|  |                                       |  |          LORCAN DOWD           |
|  |                                       |  |      PH: [phone]       |
+--+---------------------------------------+--+--------------------------------+





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| Name and signature of authorised officer of issuer responsible for making  |
|                                notification                                |
|                                                                            |
|             LORCAN DOWD______________________________________              |
|                                                                            |
|          Date of notification _16 MARCH 2006_____________________          |
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  Notes: This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification
   required by (the Market Abuse Rules(1) and) section 53 (as extended by
 section 64 of the Companies Act 1990) or entered into the issuer's register in
             accordance with section 59 of the Companies Act 1990.


(1)     An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to
the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.


 (2)     An issuer making a notification in respect of a derivative relating to
the shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and
                                      24.


   (3)     An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a
director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1
                               to 3 and 17 to 24


  (4)     An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial instrument
 relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should complete
             the boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.





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(1) Please note that the requirement to make a notification under the Market
Abuse Rules does not apply until 1 October 2005. Schedule 11 may be subject to
amendment prior to 1 October 2005 to bring it in line with the Financial
Regulator's 'Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons' under the Market Abuse
Disclosure Rules.

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