Cohort PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8165H)

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RNS Number : 8165H

Cohort PLC

19 November 2018

19 November 2018

COHORT PLC ("Cohort")

COHORT PLC (the "Company")

Director Shareholdings

Cohort, the independent technology group, today announces the following director share transactions.

Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive

Cohort plc (the "Company") hereby notifies the market that on 16 November 2018 Andrew Thomis transferred 2,300 Ordinary Shares in the Company held in his own name into his ISA. These shares were originally granted as options on the 14 August 2015 under a three-year term and matured on the 1 September 2018 under the Cohort plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme.

Following this transaction, Andrew Thomis' interest and that of his persons closely associated in Ordinary Shares remained at 142,462, representing 0.35% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

 
 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL 
  RESPONSIBILITIES 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
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 a)   Name                              Andrew Thomis 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                   Chief Executive 
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 b)   Initial notification/amendment    Initial notification 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)   Full name of the entity           Cohort plc 
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 b)   Legal Entity Identifier Code      213800WE61C73LZZNW11 
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 4    Details of the transaction(s) 
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 a)   Description of the financial      Ordinary shares in Cohort plc 
       instrument, type of instrument    with a nominal value of 10 
                                         pence each 
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 b)   Identification Code               GB00B0YD2B94 
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 c)   Nature of the transaction         Transfer of shares into an 
                                         ISA 
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 d)   Currency                          GBP - British Pound 
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 e)   Price(s) and Volume(s)            2,300 at 410 pence 
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 f)   Aggregated Information            N/A 
        *    Price 
 
 
        *    Volume 
 
 
        *    Total 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 g)   Date of transaction               16 November 2018 
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 h)   Place of transaction              Outside of a Main Market 
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Ends

For further information, please contact:

 
Cohort plc                          0118 909 0390 
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive 
 Simon Walther, Finance Director 
 
Investec Bank plc                   020 7597 5970 
Keith Anderson / Daniel Adams 
 
MHP Communications Limited          020 3128 8100 
Reg Hoare / Ollie Hoare / Luke 
 Briggs 
 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort is the parent company of four innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.

MASS is a specialist defence and technology business, focused on electronic warfare, information systems and cyber security.

www.mass.co.uk

MCL is an expert in the sourcing, design, integration and support of communications and surveillance technology for the defence and security markets.

www.marlboroughcomms.com

SEA is an advanced electronic systems and software house operating in the defence, transport and offshore energy markets.

www.sea.co.uk

EID designs and manufactures advanced communications systems for the defence and security markets.

www.eid.pt

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