Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9011O

Cohort PLC

25 September 2013

 



25 September 2013

COHORT PLC (the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options

The Company was notified yesterday by the trustees of the Cohort Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") that they have transferred ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company to Directors of the Company following the exercise of options pursuant to the Cohort plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme ("SAYE Scheme") as set out below:

Director	Number of shares under option exercised on 9 September 2013	Exercise Price (pence)	Number of shares sold	Total number of shares under the SAYE Scheme following exercise	Number of shares held as at 23 September 2013	Shareholding as a percentage of issued ordinary share capital
AS Thomis	3,711	97.0	_	2,330	51,041	0.12%
SR Walther	9,278	97.0	_	5,825	45,879	0.11%

Other employees have exercised options pursuant to the SAYE Scheme and the Cohort plc 2006 Share Option Scheme which will also be satisfied by the transfer of shares currently held by the EBT.  Following these transactions a total of 607,178 ordinary shares, representing 1.48 per cent of the Company's total voting rights, are held in the EBT.

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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 / Vicky Watkins

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is the parent company for three innovative, agile and responsive businesses working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients. 

·    SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - a defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006. 

·    MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and aerospace business, focused mainly on electronic warfare, information systems and electronic systems development.  Acquired by Cohort in August 2006. 

·    SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced surveillance systems and software house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space and transport market sectors.  Acquired by Cohort in October 2007. 

Cohort (AIM: CHRT) was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Berkshire and, through its operating companies, employs in total around 530 core staff there and at bases in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.

 

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