QinetiQ Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 15, 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Qinetiq Group plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2.	Reason for the notification (please mark		the appropriate box or boxes	with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
	An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
	An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the		notification obligation	iv
Name			Silchester International Investors LLP
	City and country of registered office (if applicable)		London, UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s)		(if different from 3.)
Name				No individual shareholder holds more than 5% of voting rights.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			N/A
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			October 12, 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			October 15, 2018
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)		% of voting rights through financial in struments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.96%	Nil		4.96%	567,962,378
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	N/A		N/A

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
ISIN code (if possible)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B0WMWD03		28,147,173		4.96%
SUBTOTAL 8. A	28,147,173		4.96%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1	N/A	N/A

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2	N/A	N/A

applicable box with an "X")	9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
Namexv	% of voting rights % of voting rights if it Total of both if it through financial in equals or is higher equals or is higher struments if it equals than the notifiable than the notifiable or is higher than the threshold threshold notifiable threshold
N/A

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder	Silchester International Investors LLP
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held	N/A

11. Additional informationxvi

Silchester International Investors LLP ("Silchester") acts as investment manager for certain commingled funds (our "Clients"). In acting for our Clients, Silchester is given full discretion over their investments and is empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our Clients' custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each Client's custodian bank. The change in Silchetser's holdings was due to a series of transactions over a series of different trading days.

Place of completion	London, UK
Date of completion	October 15, 2018

Annex: Notification of major holdings (to be filed with the FCA only)

A: Identity of the person subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Silchester International Investors LLP
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Time & Life Building 1 Bruton Street, 5th Floor London W1J 6TL
E-Mail	tlinehan@silchester.com
Phone number / Fax number	0207 581 7125
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Timothy Linehan, Chief Compliance Officer Silchester International Investors LLP
Contact address	Time & Life Building 1 Bruton Street, 5th Floor London W1J 6TL
E-Mail	tlinehan@silchester.com
Phone number / Fax number	0207 581 7125
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obli gation)

C: Additional information

Please send the completed form together with this annex to the FCA at the following email address: Majorshareholdings@fca.org.uk. Please send in Microsoft Word format if possible.