Re Contract

Cohort PLC
03 March 2008


3 March 2008


            SEA starts work on a European Space contract worth £12M


Cohort plc, a leading independent technical services business, is pleased to
announce that one of its subsidiary companies, SEA, has been authorised by the
German satellite prime contractor EADS Astrium GmbH, to proceed with work on a
new contract that is expected to be worth circa £12M for the development and
supply of the BroadBand Radiometer (BBR) instrument of the EarthCARE satellite.

SEA's BBR team, which has been working together for some time leading up to this
award, is predominantly UK-based and includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
(RAL) and Sula.

SEA also has a smaller role on another of EarthCARE's instruments, the Cloud
Profiling Radar, which is being supplied for the mission by the Japanese Space
Agency.

EarthCARE is the third of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer Core
Missions and is aimed at improving the understanding of interactions between
clouds, aerosols and radiation - three factors believed to be important in the
understanding of global warming. The BroadBand Radiometer will serve to confirm
the radiated energy estimates which will be derived from the profiles of clouds
and aerosols measured by the other instruments.

Nick Prest CBE, Chairman of Cohort plc, commented: 'This is another terrific win
and underlines SEA's strategic commitment to establish itself as an important UK
supplier of spacecraft instruments.'

                                      ENDS

For further information, please contact

Cohort plc 014 9184 3150
Simon Walther, Finance Director

Investec 020 7597 5970
Michael Ansell

Hogarth Partnership Limited 020 7357 9477
Julian Walker, Andrew Jaques, Vicky Watkins

Notes to Editors:

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is a technology group working primarily for
defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through
three market-facing subsidiary companies:

   • MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and aerospace systems
    developer focused mainly on Electronic Warfare, Information Systems, Managed
    Services and Secure Communications.  Acquired by Cohort in August 2006 for
    an initial consideration of £12.5m.
   • SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - primarily an independent defence consultancy,
    combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain
    knowledge.
   • SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced surveillance systems and software
    house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space,
    transport and offshore market sectors.  Acquired by Cohort in October 2007
    for an initial consideration of £20.7m.

Cohort (AIM: CHRT) was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in
March 2006. It has its headquarters in Oxfordshire and, through its operating
companies, employs in total around 450 staff there and at bases in Bristol,
Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.




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