18th Aug 2006 09:00
QinetiQ Group plc18 August 2006 QinetiQ Group plc18 August 2006 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS The notifications listed below were received under paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure Rules. QinetiQ Group plc (the "Company" (previously known as QinetiQ Holdings Limited))announces that it received notification on 18 August 2006 of the followingallocations of ordinary shares following the exercise of options pursuant to theQinetiQ Holdings Share Option Scheme (the "Share Option Scheme"), namely, thefollowing person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") was allocatedordinary shares on 17 August 2006 pursuant to the exercise of options granted tohim under the Share Option Scheme: Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares Percentage of issued class acquired Andrew Sleigh 1702 0.0002584% The exercise price per ordinary shares was 2.35 pence. As a result of the above, interests of the PDMR in the Company's ordinary shares(excluding options and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company'semployee benefit trusts) have increased as follows: Name of Director/PDMR Total number of Ordinary Total percentage of issued Shares held following class held following notification notification Andrew Sleigh 2,787,018 0.4232350% The Share Option Scheme was established on 25 July 2003 on which date optionswere granted to various employees of the Company, including the directors andPDMRs identified above. The options granted under the Share Option Scheme becameexercisable on 15 February 2006 when the Company listed on the London StockExchange. 18 August 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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