Holding(s) in Company

QinetiQ Group plc
16 April 2008



TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares


                                                                         

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:      QinetiQ Group plc


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                       Yes

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):                                   
                       

3. Full name of person(s) subject to
notification obligation:                                  FIL Limited (FIL)
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various
   different from 3):                     direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund
                                          Management Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Ltd
                                          (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments
                                          Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), Fidelity Investments
                                          Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension
                                          Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ), Fidelity
                                          Investments International (FII), investment managers for
                                          various non-US investment companies and institutional
                                          clients
                                                                

5. Date of transaction (and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):                     11 April 2008
                                                                

6. Date on which issuer notified:          15 April 2008
                                                                      

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:                                   5%




8: Notified Details


A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares Situation previous to    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                     the triggering
If possible use ISIN transaction


code                 Number of   Number of    Number of    Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
                     shares      voting       shares                               rights
                                 rights

                                                           Direct      Indirect    Direct       Indirect


 ISIN GB00B0WMWD03   33,075,702   33,075,702                           32,825,702                 4.97%


B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired  rights
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)







Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights


    32,825,702                                             4.97



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:


Shares Held          Nominee                        Management Company

849,300              Bank of New York Brussels             FPM

771,142              Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux            FIL

1,654,735            JP Morgan, Bournemouth                FII

3,747,953            JP Morgan, Bournemouth                FIL

22,018,046           JP Morgan, Bournemouth               FISL

1,491,000            JP Morgan, Bournemouth                FPM

417,418              Morgan Stanley, London                FIL

1,876,108            Northern Trust London                 FPM



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                                   FIL Limited (FIL)


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease         250,000 shares
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold           11 April 2008
voting rights:


13. Additional information:


14 Contact name:                  Lynton Boardman, Company Secretary, QinetiQ Group plc


15. Contact telephone name:       [phone]





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