GKN PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONNECTED PERSONS

GKN plc (the 'Company') announces the release of ordinary shares of 10p each in
the Company (the 'Shares') to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
('PDMRs') under the GKN Sustainable Earnings Plan ('SEP'), the GKN Deferred
Bonus Plan ('DBP') and the Restricted Share Award (2) ('RSA') as set out below.

SEP

Awards under the SEP comprise a core award and a sustainability award. On 24
February 2015, 50% of vested shares under the core awards granted in 2012 were
released to the PDMRs listed below. The core awards vested at 67.5% of maximum
in respect of the three year performance period that ended on 31 December 2014.
The remaining 50% of vested core award shares will be released in 2017 in
accordance with the plan rules. The number of shares under the sustainability
awards associated with the vested core awards has been reduced to reflect the
extent to which the performance condition relating to the core awards was not
satisfied. These sustainability award shares will vest and be released in 2017
subject to achievement of the sustainability target measured in each of the
financial years ending 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016.

The release of 50% of the vested core award shares includes additional dividend
equivalent shares based on the value of dividends that would have been paid on
shares from the date of grant to date of release as set out in the table below:

Directors & PDMRs    Core award    Additional     Shares sold    Shares
                     shares        dividend                      retained
                     released in   Shares
                     2015

Nigel Stein          174,977       9,778          87,141         97,614

Andrew Reynolds      108,744       6,076          54,156         60,664
Smith

Kevin Cummings       33,809        1,886          15,592         20,103

Chris Fox            24,685        1,378          12,293         13,770

Douglas McIldowie    32,965        1,840          34,805         -

Peter Oberparleiter  35,126        1,962          16,970         20,118

Jos Sclater          19,705        1,099          9,813          10,991

Phil Swash           24,685        1,378          12,293         13,770

Shares to satisfy tax and social security liabilities were sold at £3.693586
per Share for all PDMRs with the exception of Peter Oberparleiter whose shares
were sold at £3.6382 per Share.

RSA

On 24 February 2015, the Company was notified by the Trustee of its Employee
Share Ownership Trust of the transfer of Shares to Adam Walker in relation to
the release of the RSA granted to him on 10 March 2014. The RSA formed part of
the awards granted to facilitate Adam Walker's recruitment, recognising the
value of unvested share awards granted by his former employer which were
forfeited on appointment to the Company.

The release of RSA shares includes additional dividend equivalent shares based
on the value of dividends that would have been paid on shares from the date of
grant to date of release as set out in the table below:

Director        Shares released  Additional     Shares sold     Shares retained
                                 dividend
                                 Shares

Adam Walker     71,423           1,572          34,377          38,618

Shares were sold at £3.726805 per Share to satisfy tax and social security
liabilities.

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DBP

On 25 February 2015, the Company was notified by the Trustee of its Employee
Share Ownership Trust of the transfer of Shares to the PDMRs listed below. The
shares released represent a percentage of the amount earned under the Company's
2013 annual bonus arrangements which were compulsorily deferred and invested
into Shares. Shares were released after a two year deferral period; during this
period, dividends earned on the shares were accrued and an equivalent cash
amount paid on release of the shares.

PDMRs               Number of Shares    Number of Shares  Number of Shares
                    released            sold              retained

Kevin Cummings      5,875               2,415             3,460

Phil Swash          4,263               2,008             2,255

Shares were sold at £3.651553 per Share to satisfy tax and social security
liabilities.

Directors' Interests

Following these transactions, the interests of the PDMRs listed above and of
their connected persons in Shares are as follows:

Director & PDMR                     No. of shares   % of issued share capital

Nigel Stein                             1,467,691                     0.0893%

Andrew Reynolds Smith                     966,119                     0.0588%

Adam Walker                               115,899                     0.0071%

Kevin Cummings                            141,216                     0.0087%

Chris Fox                                  13,770                     0.0008%

Douglas McIldowie                         102,151                     0.0063%

Peter Oberparleiter                       104,699                     0.0064%

Jos Sclater                                10,991                     0.0007%

Phil Swash                                 73,313                     0.0045%

This announcement is made in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule
3.1.4R (1).

25 February 2015