COHORT PLC

Director's Dealing • Aug 5, 2013

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Cohort PLC

05 August 2013

5 August 2013                                                                                                                      AIM: CHRT

PRESS RELEASE

COHORT PLC

Grant of Share Awards

Cohort plc (the "Company") wishes to notify the following changes in the interests of directors of the Companyin ordinary shares of 10 pence arising out of the grant of share awards under the 2013 Restricted Share Scheme established on 30 July 2013 ("Restricted Shares").

On 2 August 2013 Restricted Shares were granted to directors of the Company for nil consideration as follows:

Director	Number of shares under this award
AS Thomis	12,100
SR Walther	11,000

Full beneficial ownership of Restricted Shares (including voting and dividend rights) will transfer to the recipients in stages over a three-year period from the date of grant.  Recipients may only sell Restricted Shares with the approval of the Chairman of the Remuneration & Appointments Committee while they remain in employment with the Company.  Further details regarding the Restricted Shares can be found in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2013.

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For further information, please contact

Cohort plc	Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director	+44 (0)118 909 0390
Investec	Keith Anderson, Daniel Adams	+44 (0)20 7597 5970
MHP Communications	Reg Hoare, Vicky Watkins, Ben Griffiths	+44 (0)20 3128 8100

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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