COHORT PLC

Director's Dealing • May 9, 2017

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Cohort PLC

09 May 2017

09 May 2017

COHORT PLC (the "Company")

Director Shareholdings

Cohort plc (the "Company") hereby notifies the market that, on 5 May 2017, Mr Andrew Thomis transferred a SIPP from one Trustee to another in specie. Following the transaction, Mr Andrew Thomis' interest and that of his persons closely associated in Ordinary Shares is 115,588 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.28% 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 instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares in Cohort plc with a nominal value of 10 pence each
b)	Identification Code	GB00B0YD2B94
c)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer in specie of SIPP from one Trustee to another
d)	Currency	GBP - British Pound
e)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	8,550 shares at 0.00 pence
f)	Aggregated Information -       Price -       Volume -       Total	N/A
g)	Date of transaction	05 May 2017
h)	Place of transaction	London Stock Exchange

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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 / Jamie Ricketts / Ollie Hoare

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort plc

Cohort is an independent technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through five market-facing subsidiary companies:

MASS - a specialist systems house with a focus on electronic warfare operational support, cyber defence and secure information systems. Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;

MCL - an expert in sourcing, design and integration of surveillance and other electronic systems, as well as field support and training for the UK MOD and other government agencies. Based in Surrey, MCL has been part of the Group since July 2014;

SCS - a defence technical advisory business, providing a range of services, including independent technical evaluation of military aircraft safety, and design and delivery of large and small scale military training exercises. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006;

SEA - an advanced systems and software business operating in the defence (naval systems, simulation, training and technology research), transport and offshore energy market sectors. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.

EID - a Portugal based supplier of advanced electronics, communications and command and control products and systems for the global defence market, in which Cohort acquired a majority stake in June 2016.

Cohort was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Berkshire and employs in total around 800 core staff there and at its other operating company sites in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, Somerset, Surrey, Scotland and Portugal.

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