Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Gleeson(M J)Group PLC
3 August 2000

Notification of interests of directors and connected persons

The Company was advised today that on 2 August 2000 the Directors listed below
acquired shares in the Company at a purchase price of £6.50 per Share. Their
previous and current share holdings including those held by Related Persons are
as follows:

Director           Previous      Shares    Shares            Total
                   Holding       Sold      Acquired

D J Gleeson        165,457         -         357           165,814
D J Eyre             9,561         -         285             9,864
J D Kay             14,753         -         165            14,918
C W McLellan        11,363         -         216            11,579
S J Davies             188         -          22               210
R J Jukes            7,398         -         152             7,550

The above shares were acquired through a Profit Sharing Employee Share Ownership
Scheme, which has been approved by the Inland Revenue.