11th May 2006 16:49
QinetiQ Group plc11 May 2006 QinetiQ Group plc11 May 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING - Purchase of ordinary shares in QinetiQGroup plc ("Shares" and the "Company" respectively) by Directors of the Companyunder its Share Incentive Plan ("SIP"). The SIP trustee, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"), notified theCompany on 11 May 2006 that the following Directors and other PersonsDischarging Managerial Responsibility for the Company acquired Shares under theSIP on 9 May 2006 held through the Trustee: Number of Aggregate number of Shares held Shares beneficially following acquired * acquisition (across all accounts)DirectorsDoug Webb 82 616,497Persons Discharging ManagerialResponsibilityLynton Boardman 66 855,246Andrew Sleigh 82 2,785,398 * The Number of Shares acquired includes 62 Partnership Shares (except forLynton Boardman which includes 50 Partnership Shares) acquired at 199 pence and20 Matching Shares (except for Lynton Boardman which includes 16 MatchingShares) acquired at 199 pence. Both partnership and matching elements areregistered in the name of the Trustee. The SIP operates as follows. Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed£125 per participant per month) to purchase shares in the market. These sharesare called "Partnership Shares". At the same time the Company allots to participants via the Trustee or instructsthe Trustee to purchase in the market one "Matching Share" for every threePartnership Shares purchased that month. Lynton BoardmanCompany Secretary11 May 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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