Acquisition

QinetiQ Group plc
23 April 2007


QinetiQ Group plc
Monday 23 April 2007

Acquisition of Applied Perception and Automatika

QinetiQ Group plc announces today that its US subsidiary Foster-Miller Inc. has
agreed to purchase all the shares of Applied Perception Inc. (API) and
Automatika Inc. (Automatika), both providers of robotics technologies, for up 
to $9.2m each.  The transactions will close upon receipt of appropriate US
government regulatory approvals.

The acquisition of each company will be settled for an initial cash
consideration of $6.0m, with an additional deferred consideration of up to
$3.2m two years after closing.

API is a privately-held US company, 100% owned by its founder and employing the
equivalent of 15 full-time staff.  It develops software and control systems for
the autonomous navigation of a broad range of unmanned vehicles, and its 
principal customers are the US Department of Defense (DoD) and Department
of Transport.

Automatika is a privately-held US company, 100% owned by its two founders and
employing the equivalent of 12.5 full-time staff.  It develops robotics
technologies and products for the US government and the oil and gas markets.

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