QinetiQ Group plc
Employee Benefit Trust
EES Trustees International Limited as Trustee of the QinetiQ Group plc Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") purchased a total of 2,185,553 ordinary shares (representing 0.33% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital) between 10 and 17 August 2011 at an average price of 113.59p per share.
The Executive Directors of QinetiQ Group plc, Leo Quinn and David Mellors, are included as potential beneficiaries of the EBT and are deemed to be interested in those shares and the dealings thereof.
Following this transaction, the EBT holds 5,740,712 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.87% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
The transactions took place in the United Kingdom.
ENDS
For further information:
Jon Messent, Company Secretary, QinetiQ Group PLC
David Bishop, Investor Relations, QinetiQ Group PLC
01252 392000