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25 Sep 2013 14:47
25 September 2013
COHORT PLC (the "Company")
Exercise of Share Options
The Company was notified yesterday by the trustees of the Cohort Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") that they have transferred ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company to Directors of the Company following the exercise of options pursuant to the Cohort plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme ("SAYE Scheme") as set out below:
Director | Number of shares under option exercised on 9 September 2013 | Exercise Price (pence) | Number of shares sold | Total number of shares under the SAYE Scheme following exercise | Number of shares held as at 23 September 2013 | Shareholding as a percentage of issued ordinary share capital |
AS Thomis | 3,711 | 97.0 | _ | 2,330 | 51,041 | 0.12% |
SR Walther | 9,278 | 97.0 | _ | 5,825 | 45,879 | 0.11% |
Other employees have exercised options pursuant to the SAYE Scheme and the Cohort plc 2006 Share Option Scheme which will also be satisfied by the transfer of shares currently held by the EBT. Following these transactions a total of 607,178 ordinary shares, representing 1.48 per cent of the Company's total voting rights, are held in the EBT.
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For further information please contact:
Cohort plc | 0118 909 0390 |
Andy 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 / Vicky Watkins |
NOTES TO EDITORS
Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is the parent company for three innovative, agile and responsive businesses working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients.
· SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - a defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006.
· MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and aerospace business, focused mainly on electronic warfare, information systems and electronic systems development. Acquired by Cohort in August 2006.
· 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, through its operating companies, employs in total around 530 core staff there and at bases in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.
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