GKN plc                                    

                              Transfer of Treasury Shares                          

    GKN plc (the 'Company') announces that on 26 January 2017 the following
    ordinary shares of 10p each were transferred out of treasury to satisfy the
    exercise of options by participants of the:

    GKN Executive Share Option Scheme 2004:

    28,625 ordinary shares at 110.08p per ordinary share

    19,312 ordinary shares at 134.6p per ordinary share

    Following the above transfer of treasury shares, the Company holds 11,581,717
    ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of ordinary shares in issue
    (excluding treasury shares) is 1,714,521,913.

    Details of the issuer:

    Name       GKN plc

    LEI:          213800QNZ22GS95OSW84

    Classification of Regulation Information:

    3.1            Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under
    the laws of a member state