Kier : Director/PDMR Shareholding ●

20 September 2019

KIER GROUP PLC

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Awards under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan

Kier Group plc (the 'Company') announces that that it was informed on 20 September 2019, that, on 19 September 2019, the trustee of the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan') acquired ordinary shares in the capital of the Company for, and allocated free matching shares in accordance with the rules of the Plan to, certain directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs'), as follows:

Name	Shares acquired at £1.36	Free matching shares
Mr B E J Dew	110	55
Mr M F Jones (PDMR)	110	55
Mr S D Martle (PDMR)	110	55
Mr M R Pengelly (PDMR)	110	55
Mrs P J W Prongué (PDMR)	110	55
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR)	110	55
Mr C Veritiero	110	55
Mr P R Young (PDMR)	92	46

The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The Company's Legal Entity Identifier ('LEI') is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

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1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Bev Dew
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Group Finance Director
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Marcus Jones
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Finance Director Operations
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Simon Martle
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Group Financial Controller
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Mark Pengelly
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Group Managing Director - Infrastructure
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Phillippa Prongué
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Transformation Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Hugh Raven
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		General Counsel and Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Claudio Veritiero
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Chief Operating Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 110 (partnership shares) £1.36 55 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	165 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Peter Young
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Group Managing Director - Regional Building
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.36 92 (partnership shares) £1.36 46 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	138 shares £1.36 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-09-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)