REG - Cohort PLC - EBT Purchase

CohortAnnouncement

29/05/2018 17:30

RNS Number : 5914P
Cohort PLC
29 May 2018
 


29 May 2018
AIM:CHRT
COHORT PLC ("Cohort")
EBT Purchase  
 
The Company was notified on 29 May 2018 by the trustees of the Cohort Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") that they purchased 32,500 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company on 25 May 2018 at a price of 340.00 pence per share.  The shares held in the EBT are intended to be used to satisfy awards made under the Cohort employee share schemes.
 
The EBT is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of Cohort plc and its subsidiaries.  The Executive Directors of Cohort plc are included in the class of beneficiaries of the EBT and are deemed to be interested in those shares and the dealings thereof.
 
Following these transactions, a total of 373,628 ordinary shares, representing 0.91 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




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












Vera Prokhorenko












 
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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