Kier : Director/PDMR Shareholding ●

20 March 2020

KIER GROUP PLC

DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING

Kier Group plc (the 'Company') announces that, on 19 March 2020, it was informed that, also on 19 March 2020, Matthew Lester, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, purchased 29,296 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ('Shares') at a price of 84.7 pence per Share.

The following notification is 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	Matthew Lester
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chairman
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	Purchase of 29,296 shares
	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume £0.847 per share 29,296 shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a (single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	2020-03-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)