Cohort plc ('Cohort' or 'the Company')
Exercise of Options
The Company announces that it has issued and allotted 84,802 new ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company pursuant to the exercise of share options under the Cohort plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme and Cohort plc 2006 Share Option Scheme.
Following this allotment the issued share capital of the Company is 40,703,721 ordinary shares of 10p each.
Application has been made for admission of these shares to trading on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange plc and it is expected that dealings in the new ordinary shares will commence on 28 July 2009.
Of the options exercised, Simon Walther, Finance Director of the Company, exercised options over 7,601 ordinary shares at a price of 123p per ordinary share. Accordingly Simon Walther now holds voting rights attached to 17,601 ordinary shares.
For further information, please contact:
Cohort plc 01491 845 630
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive
Simon Walther, Finance Director