Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Sindall PLC
08 April 2008

                              Morgan Sindall plc



                               ('the Company')



   Notification of Transactions by Director and person discharging managerial
                              responsibilities







The Company announces that on 7 April 2008, 21,091 ordinary shares of 5p each in
the capital of the Company ('shares') were transferred to Paul Smith pursuant to
the terms of a one-off share award dated 5 April 2006 (the 'Award Agreement').
These shares comprised 20,000 shares awarded on 5 April 2006 and held in trust
and deferred for two years and 1,091 shares representing the dividend equivalent
to which he was entitled under the terms of the Award Agreement.



The shares were satisfied from market purchased shares held in the Morgan
Sindall Employee Benefit Trust.



The middle market price of a share at close of business on 4 April 2008, the
last business day prior to the date of vesting, was £10.26.



Following this transaction, Paul Smith has notified his interest (all of which
is beneficial) in the share capital of the Company in accordance with Disclosure
Rule 3.1.4R (1) (a) and section 793 of the Companies Act 2006 as follows:

         Name of Director/        Beneficial        % issued share      Total number of shares        Total number of
         PDMR                 interest in shares    capital of the      over which options are      conditional share   
                                                                                                          awards
                                                        Company                  held                      held

         Paul Smith                153,004               0.36%                  171,582                   42,896





Enquiries:



Mary Nettleship                                 Tel: [phone]

Company Secretary



8 April 2008


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