26th Jul 2006 16:00
QinetiQ Group plc26 July 2006 QinetiQ Group plc26 July 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, in respect of directors of QinetiQ Group plc only, section324 of the Companies Act 1985. QinetiQ Group plc (the "Company" (previously known as QinetiQ Holdings Limited))announces that it received notification on 26 July 2006 of the followingallocations of ordinary shares following the exercise of options pursuant to theQinetiQ Holdings Share Option Scheme (the "Share Option Scheme"), namely: (i) the following directors of the Company were allocated ordinary shares on 25July 2006 pursuant to the exercise of options granted to them under the ShareOption Scheme: Name of Director No. of Ordinary Percentage of issued Shares class acquired Doug Webb 1702 0.000259% (ii) the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") wereallocated ordinary shares on 25 July 2006 pursuant to the exercise of optionsgranted to them under the Share Option Scheme: Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Percentage of issued Shares class acquired Lynton Boardman 1702 0.000259% The exercise price per ordinary share was 2.35 pence. As a result of the above, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company'sordinary shares (excluding options and interests as potential beneficiaries ofthe Company's employee benefit trusts) have increased as follows: Name of Total number of Ordinary Total percentage of issued Director/PDMR Shares held following class held following notification notification Doug Webb 618,398 0.094147% Lynton Boardman 857,107 0.130489% 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. 26 July 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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