Kier : Director/PDMR Shareholding ●

19 February 2020

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 it was informed on 19 February 2020, that, on 18 February 2020, 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 £1.47	Free matching shares
Mr M R Pengelly (PDMR)	102	51
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR)	102	51

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		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) £1.47 102 (partnership shares) £1.47 51 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	153 shares £1.47 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2020-02-18
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) £1.47 102 (partnership shares) £1.47 51 (matching shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	153 shares £1.47 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2020-02-18
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)