Contract win

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Cohort PLC

15 April 2015

 



For immediate release                                                                                                                 15 April 2015

Cohort PLC

("Cohort" or "the Group")

SCS awarded £multi-million contract to provide Training and Exercise Support

Cohort, the independent technology group, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary SCS has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide training and exercise support services for the Joint Warfare Division of the UK's Joint Forces Command. The MOD has elected to exercise the option of extending for one year the contract that was announced in April 2014, and the new contract will run through to March 2016. The exact value of the award is confidential but is in excess of £3m.

SCS has held contracts of this type continuously since 1996, initially with the Permanent Joint Headquarters and more recently with its successor organisation, the Joint Forces Command.   

Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Office, Cohort plc said:

"This contract award from the Joint Forces Command once again demonstrates that SCS is a world leader in operational level exercise support services.  This award further enhances the Group's market leading position and provides an excellent reference for similar opportunities in the UK and overseas."

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For further information please contact:

Cohort plc	0118 909 0390
Andy Thomis, Chief Executive
Simon Walther, Finance Director
Investec Bank plc	020 7597 5970
Keith Anderson / Daniel Adams
MHP Communications Limited	020 3128 8100
Reg Hoare / Jamie Ricketts / Ollie Hoare

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort plc

Cohort is an independent technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through four market-facing subsidiary companies:

MASS - a specialist systems house with considerable experience in the defence market and a focus on electronic warfare operational support and secure information systems. Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;

MCL - an expert in sourcing, design and integration of electronic and surveillance technology, as well as field support and training for a range of specialist UK end users including the MOD and other governmental agencies. Based in Surrey, MCL has been part of the Group since July 2014;

SCS - a defence technical advisory business, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006;

SEA - an advanced surveillance systems and software house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, transport and offshore energy market sectors. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.

Cohort was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Berkshire and employs in total around 600 core staff there and at its other operating company sites in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, Somerset, Surrey and Scotland.

 

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