Company Announcements

6 July 2022

Kier Group plc

Board Appointment

Kier Group plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces the appointment of Chris Browne as a non-executive director to its board of directors (the "Board"). The appointment will take effect on 15 September 2022. Chris will be a member of the Environment, Social and Governance Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Risk Management and Audit Committee.

Chris is currently a non-executive director of Vistry Group PLC, Norwegian Air Shuttle AS and Constellium SE.  She has previously held a number of senior leadership positions within the aviation industry, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of easyJet plc until June 2019 and also served as their non-executive director from January to September 2016.

Matthew Lester, Chairman, said: "We are delighted that Chris has agreed to join the Board. Her extensive commercial and operational experience will be of great value to Kier and a welcome addition to our Board. I look forward to working with Chris."

No information is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R.

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations                               +44 (0)7933 388 746

Kier press office                                  +44 (0)1767 355 096

Richard Mountain, FTI Consulting      +44 (0)203 727 1340

About Kier Group plc

Kier is a leading UK infrastructure and construction services group. We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people to ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project.

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 2021 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.