18th Oct 2006 10:04
QinetiQ Group plc18 October 2006 QinetiQ Group plc18 October 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 17 October 2006 that the following Directors and other PersonsDischarging Managerial Responsibility for the Company acquired Shares under theSIP on 10 October 2006 held through the Trustee: Number of Aggregate number of Shares held Shares beneficially following acquisition (across acquired * all accounts)DirectorsDoug Webb 93 618,690Persons DischargingManagerialResponsibilityLyntonBoardman 74 857,340Andrew Sleigh 93 2,787,591 * The Number of Shares acquired includes 70 Partnership Shares (except forLynton Boardman which includes 56 Partnership Shares) acquired at 177.25 penceand 23 Matching Shares (except for Lynton Boardman which includes 18 MatchingShares) awarded at 177.25 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. 18 October 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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