Director/PDMR Shareholding

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITIESAND CONNECTED PERSONS In accordance with DTR 3.1.4R (1), GKN plc (the "Company") announces that on 22April 2014, an option over ordinary shares of 10p each in the issued sharecapital of the Company ("Shares") granted under The GKN Executive Share OptionScheme in 2011 to the person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR")listed below was exercised: PDMR Price per share Share options exercisedand subsequently sold Judith Felton Option price: 199.58p 36,146 Sale price: 396.2p PDMR's Interests As a result of the above transaction, the interests in Shares of the PDMR andof their connected persons are as follows: PDMR No.of shares held % of issued share capital Judith Felton 241,364 0.015%

23 April 2014