GKN plc                                    

                              Transfer of Treasury Shares                          

    GKN plc (the 'Company') announces that on 19 January 2016 the following
    ordinary shares of 10p each were transferred out of treasury to satisfy the
    release of awards to participants of the:

    GKN Sustainable Earnings Plan 2012:

    11,839 ordinary shares (nil cost)

    Following the above transfer of treasury shares, the Company holds 12,157,089
    ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of ordinary shares in issue
    (excluding treasury shares) is 1,713,946,541.