25 August 2011
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 1,129,694 ordinary shares (representing 0.17% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital) between 18 and 24 August 2011 at an average price of 111.45p 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 6,870,406 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 1.04% 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