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Contract Win

SCS Wins £9.7m Training and Exercise Support Contract

Cohort plc, the independent technology business, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary SCS has today been awarded a two year contract to provide training and exercise support to the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Joint Forces Command (JFC). The contract, valued at £9.7m, commences on 1 April 2016 and includes options to extend it for a further two years.

Under the contract SCS will provide a comprehensive support service for the design, development and delivery of joint force exercises. SCS has carried out this role since 2000, winning five successive competitive tenders. Over the period SCS has provided effective training in the range of military tasks from small-scale stabilisation operations to full war-fighting.

Andy Thomis, Chief Executive of Cohort plc, said:

"The award of this contract underlines SCS' leadership in operational level exercise support services, and further strengthens our order book. We are very proud to have supported the MoD's collective training of deployable military headquarters for more than 15 years, both in the UK and overseas."

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is the parent company for four innovative, agile and responsive businesses working primarily for defence, wider government and industry clients. 

· SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - a defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with armed forces experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006. 

· MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and technology business, focused mainly on electronic warfare, information systems and cyber security. Acquired by Cohort in August 2006.

· SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced electronic systems and software house operating in the defence, transport and offshore energy markets. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007. 

· MCL (www.marlboroughcomms.com) - an expert in sourcing, design and integration of communications and surveillance technology, as well as support and training for UK end users including the MOD and other government agencies. MCL has been part of the Group since July 2014.

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 650 core staff there and at its other operating company sites in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, Somerset, Surrey and Scotland.