Director Shareholding

RNS Number:7107U
RMC Group PLC
27 January 2004


                                RMC Group p.l.c.

                      Notification of Directors Interests

                     Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985

                           16.3 of the Listing Rules

                 The RMC Group p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan

This is to advise that on 27 January 2004, awards vested in accordance with the
rules of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("Plan") in respect of a number
of directors of the Company as set out in the table below. The table shows the
number of ordinary shares acquired for no cost by the directors as a result of
the vesting and the number of shares sold on their behalf to fund tax and
national insurance due.

In addition, the executive directors of the Company are potential beneficiaries
of the Company's employee benefit trust and as a result are interested in all
the shares held in the trust. The table shows the number of shares now held in
the trust in which the executive directors are interested as a result of the
vesting of the awards under the Plan. The price for the shares of the Company on
the date of the transaction was 693.68p.

                                                                  Number of shares now 
                       Number of ordinary  Number of shares       held in trust and
                       shares acquired     sold to fund tax and   which the directors
Name of director       under Plan          national insurance     are interested in    Date of transaction
                                                                
Graham Clark           4,762               1,952                  442,735              27.1.04

Mike Foster            7,003               2,872                  442,735              27.1.04

Gerard Letourneau      7,703               0                      442,735              27.1.04

Stuart Walker          32,122              13,171                 442,735              27.1.04


Contact Details:  Frank Standish, 01932 568833



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