Share Options

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Cohort PLC

14 August 2013

 



14 August 2013                                                                                                                    AIM: CHRT

PRESS RELEASE

COHORT PLC ("Cohort")

Share Options

Option Grant

Cohort announces that on 13 August 2013 the following approved options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each were granted  to Cohort directors pursuant to the Cohort plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme established on 16 February 2006 (and approved by HM Revenue & Customs on 10 April 2006) ("SAYE Scheme"):

Director	Number of shares under this option	Exercise Price (pence)	Total number of shares under the SAYE Scheme following grant
AS Thomis	2,330	154.5	6,041
SR Walther	5,825	154.5	15,103

The options are made pursuant to three year savings contracts.

Option Exercise

Cohort announces that it has issued and allotted 170,164 new ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of Cohort pursuant to the exercise of share options under the Cohort plc 2006 Share Option Scheme and the SAYE Scheme.

Following this exercise, Cohort's issued share capital consists of 40,958,616 ordinary shares of 10p each with voting rights.  Cohort does not hold any shares in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Cohort is 40,958,616.  This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Cohort under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Application has been made for admission of these shares to trading on AIM and dealings in the new ordinary shares are expected to commence on 19 August 2013.

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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 (www.cohortplc.com) (@Cohortplc)

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:

Ÿ MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist systems house with considerable experience in the defence market and a focus on information systems. Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;

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

Ÿ 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 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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