Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4195F

Cohort PLC

24 April 2014

 



24 April 2014

COHORT PLC (the "Company")

Director Shareholdings

Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive

The Company has been informed that on 17 March 2014 Mr Thomis applied to transfer 10,000 Ordinary Shares into a nominee account in his name, which will be gifted to his wife.  His wife has applied to invest £11,520 of this shareholding in Ordinary Shares in an ISA before 31 March 2014, and the remaining number of Ordinary Shares, up to the 2014/15 ISA allowance, between 31 March and 30 April 2014.

Transactions completed to date are as follows:

Date	Ordinary Shares	Market Value	Description
18 March 2014	10,000	184.0 p	Transfer to nominee account
26 March 2014	10,000	176.5 p	Transfer to wife's nominee account
27 March 2014	6,899	167.0 p	Sale from wife's nominee account
27 March 2014	6,656	172.0 p	Purchase by wife's ISA

Market value for transfers is defined as closing price on the previous trading day

Following these transactions, Mr Thomis' interest and that of his connected persons in Ordinary Shares has reduced to 51,710, representing 0.13% of the total issued share capital of Cohort.  Note the announcement on 25 September 2013 incorrectly stated Mr Thomis' holding as 51,041 (actual 51,953).  The missing 912 shares relate to an SAYE exercise in July 2009 which was correctly announced at the time.

Simon Walther, Finance Director

The Company has been informed that on 25 March 2014 Mr Walther applied to transfer 8,000 Ordinary Shares into a nominee account in his name, and 10,000 Ordinary Shares to his wife.

The transactions were completed as follows:

Date	Ordinary Shares	Market Value	Description
7 April 2014	8,000	168.5p	Transfer to nominee account
7 April 2014	10,000	168.5p	Transfer to wife's nominee account

Market value for transfers is defined as closing price on the previous trading day

Following these transactions, Mr Walther's interest and that of his connected persons in Ordinary Shares remains unchanged at 45,828, representing 0.11% of the total issued share capital of Cohort.

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For further information, please contact

Cohort plc	Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director	[phone]
Investec	Keith Anderson, Daniel Adams	[phone]
MHP Communications	Reg Hoare, Vicky Watkins, Ben Griffiths	[phone]

Cohort plc

Cohort is an independent technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through three 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;

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, space and transport 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 500 core staff there and at its other operating company sites in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.

 

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