RNS Number:1546L
Kier Group PLC
15 May 2003

KIER GROUP plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 15 May 2003 the following were allotted new
ordinary shares at a price of 419.1p per share instead of cash in respect of the
interim dividend for the year ending 30 June 2003:

Mr C R W Busby and Mrs M L Busby - 4,503 shares

Miss D E Mattar - 326 shares

Mr P T Warry - 65 shares

Following these transactions the beneficial holdings of the abovementioned
directors and their spouses were:

Mr and Mrs Busby - 630,481 shares (1.8% of the issued share capital)

Miss Mattar - 29,128 shares (0.1% of the issued share capital)

Mr Warry - 7,212 shares (0.02% of the issued share capital)


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