Offer Update

Cohort PLC 26 October 2007 Cohort plc 26 October 2007 Update on Acquisition of SEA (Group) Ltd and Board Appointment Cohort plc ('Cohort' or the 'Company') announces that the offer for SEA (Group) Ltd ('SEA'), which became wholly unconditional on 17 October 2007, has been extended and will remain open for acceptance until 1.00p.m. on 7 November 2007 (unless extended by way of a further announcement). At 1:00pm on 24 October 2007 valid acceptances of the offer have been received in respect of 99.0 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of SEA. In respect of acceptances received between 1:00pm on 15 October 2007 and 1:00pm on 24 October 2007, the Company has applied for a further 217,293 shares to be admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that these shares will be admitted to AIM on 1 November 2007. Cohort is also pleased to announce that Ian Peter Dale-Staples (54), Chief Executive of SEA, has been appointed to the board of Cohort with effect from 25 October 2007. Mr Dale-Staples has a beneficial shareholding in Cohort of 2,063,089 ordinary shares representing 5.1 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Mr Dale-Staples is currently a director of: SEA (Group) Ltd Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd Beckington Castle Ltd Submetrix Ltd JRM Software Ltd SEA (Advanced Products) Ltd Residue Detection Ltd Sulis Innovations Ltd. Mr. Dale-Staples has no other previous directorships in the past 5 years. There is no other information which is required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules of the London Stock Exchange. Enquiries Cohort plc 01491 843 150 Stanley Carter, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director Investec Bank (UK) Limited 020 7597 5970 Michael Ansell Hogarth Partnership 020 7357 9477 Julian Walker Andrew Jaques This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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