RNS Number:7902N
Kier Group PLC
21 July 2003

Kier Group plc

DIRECTORS' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Kier Group plc announces that on 16 July 2003 the Trustee of the Kier Group All
Employee Share Ownership Plan acquired ordinary shares at a price of 555p for
the beneficial ownership of the following:

Mr C R W Busby        -   23 shares
Mr J Dodds            -   23 shares
Mr R W Gregory        -   23 shares
Miss D E Mattar       -   23 shares
Mr R W Side           -   22 shares

Following these transactions their beneficial holdings were:

Mr Busby              -        606,252 shares (1.7% of the issued share capital)
Mr  Dodds             -        566,488 shares (1.6% of the issued share capital)
Mr Gregory            -         16,440 shares (0.5% of the issued share capital)
Miss Mattar           -         29,853 shares (0.1% of the issued share capital)
Mr Side               -       152,785 shares (0.4% of the issued share capital)



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