Company Announcements

7 May 2019

Kier Group plc

Board Change

Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces that its Finance Director, Bev Dew, will stand down from the board of directors (the "Board") and leave the Company by 30 September 2019, shortly after the announcement of its results for the financial year ending 30 June 2019. An executive search for a successor to Mr. Dew has commenced.

Philip Cox, Chairman, said: "Bev has been our Finance Director for over four years and I would like to thank him for his contribution over this time. Bev remains firmly committed to the Company and will be working with the Board to deliver the 2019 results."

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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014). The person responsible for making this announcement on behalf of the Company is Hugh Raven, General Counsel and Company Secretary.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities by Kier Group plc (the "Company"). Nothing in this announcement is intended to be, or intended to be construed as, a profit forecast or a guide as to the performance, financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (together, the "Group") whether in the current or any future financial year. This announcement may include statements that are, or may be deemed to be, ''forward-looking statements''. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and may be beyond the Company's or the Group's ability to control or predict. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. You are advised to read the section headed ''Principal risks and uncertainties'' in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2018 and the section of the Company's rights issue prospectus dated 30 November 2018 entitled "Risk factors" for a further discussion of the factors that could affect the Company's or the Group's future performance and the industry in which it operates.  Other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations, the Company does not accept any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.