Trading Statement

QinetiQ Group plc
31 March 2008

QinetiQ Group plc

31 March 2008



Pre-close Trading Update



QinetiQ Group plc, the international defence and security technology company,
today issues the following trading update in respect of the year ending 31 March
2008.

The Group's preliminary results will be announced on 28 May 2008.


The Board confirms that the business has continued to perform in line with its
expectations. Fourth quarter trading levels have remained robust and in line
with the outlook as described in the Interim Management Statement issued on 24
January 2008.


The balance sheet remains strong and there have been no significant changes in
the financial position of the Group since that reported as at 30 September 2007,
other than in respect of the acquisitions referred to in the interim management
statement of 24 January which were funded through an increase in bank
borrowings.


The Board remains confident about the outlook for the Group.



Contacts:

QinetiQ Investor Relations: Adrian Colman [phone]

Disclaimer

All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this
document, including, without limitation, those regarding the financial
condition, results, operations and businesses of QinetiQ and its strategy, plans
and objectives and the markets and economies in which it operates, are forward-
looking statements. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management's
assumptions made on the basis of information available to it at this time,
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors which
could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of QinetiQ or the
markets and economies in which QinetiQ operates to be materially different from
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Nothing in this document should be regarded as a
profit forecast.




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