Cohort PLC Director Shareholdings (4600B)

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RNS Number : 4600B

Cohort PLC

20 September 2018

20 September 2018

COHORT PLC (the "Company")

Director Shareholdings

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

Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive

Cohort plc (the "Company") hereby notifies the market that, following the payment of the final dividend on 19 September 2018, dividends received in respect of ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held by Andrew Thomis in an individual SIPP account were automatically reinvested in Ordinary Shares at a price of 409.95 pence per share. The number of Ordinary Shares held in the SIPP account of Andrew Thomis increased by 119 Ordinary Shares.

Following these transactions, Andrew Thomis' interest and that of his persons closely associated in Ordinary Shares is 140,645, representing 0.34% 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 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                              Andrew Thomis 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                   Chief Executive 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification/amendment    Initial notification 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Full name of the entity           Cohort plc 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Legal Entity Identifier Code      213800WE61C73LZZNW11 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 4    Details of the transaction(s) 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the financial      Ordinary shares in Cohort plc 
       instrument, type of instrument    with a nominal value of 10 
                                         pence each 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Identification Code               GB00B0YD2B94 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Nature of the transaction         Automatic reinvestment of dividends 
                                         received on ordinary shares 
                                         held in a SIPP 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)   Currency                          GBP - British Pound 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Price(s) and Volume(s)            119 shares at 409.95 pence 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)   Aggregated Information            N/A 
        *    Price 
 
 
        *    Volume 
 
 
        *    Total 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 g)   Date of transaction               19 September 2018 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 h)   Place of transaction              London Stock Exchange 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 

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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