15th Aug 2006 15:30
QinetiQ Group plc15 August 2006 QinetiQ Group plc15 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 and section 324 of the Companies Act 1985. QinetiQ Group plc (the "Company" (previously known as QinetiQ Holdings Limited))announces that it received notification on 14 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 director of the Company was allocated ordinary shares on 10 August2006 pursuant to the exercise of options granted to him under the Share OptionScheme: Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares Percentage of issued class acquired Sir John Chisholm 1702 0.0002585% The exercise price per ordinary shares was 2.35 pence. As a result of the above, interests of the director in the Company's ordinaryshares (excluding options and interests as potential beneficiaries of theCompany's employee benefit trusts) have increased as follows: Name of Director Total number of Ordinary Total percentage of issued class Shares held following held following notification notification Sir John Chisholm 12,991,000 1.9731172% The Share Option Scheme was established on 25 July 2003 on which date optionswere granted to various employees of the Company, including the directoridentified above. The options granted under the Share Option Scheme becameexercisable on 15 February 2006 when the Company listed on the London StockExchange. 15 August 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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