Cohort plc ("Cohort")
Trading Update and Senior Management Appointments
2 May 2007
Cohort, a leading independent defence technical services business, today gives the following update on
trading for the year ended 30 April 2007 and announces senior management appointments in its two
wholly-owned subsidiaries, effective from 1 May 2007:
Trading update
The Group expects results for the year ended 30 April 2007 to be in line with market expectations.
The company will announce preliminary results for the period on 12 July 2007. MASS Consultants
Limited ("MASS"), which was acquired in August 2006, has settled well into the Group and continues to
perform according to management expectations. Good progress has been made towards securing valuable
new export business at MASS.
Senior management changes
In order to allow Stanley Carter to focus on his role as Group Chief Executive of Cohort plc, Rick
Bounsall, 51 has been appointed as Managing Director of Cohort's wholly-owned subsidiary, Systems
Consultants Services Limited ("SCS"), a role which Stanley Carter previously held. As a Brigadier in
the British Army, Rick Bounsall held senior appointments in the Ministry of Defence for the past 6
years involving major equipment programmes.
In addition, Andrew Thomis, formerly Corporate Development Director of Cohort plc, has been appointed
as Managing Director of MASS. Andrew has considerable experience of the defence industry having prior
to Cohort worked in the Ministry of Defence and Alvis plc. The position of Managing Director at MASS
had been vacant since the former Managing Director left at the time of the acquisition.
Stanley Carter, Chief Executive of Cohort plc said:
"These are significant senior management appointments which we believe will contribute strongly to the
continued development of the Group, as we continue to execute our strategy of growth both organically
and through acquisition."
For further information please contact:
Cohort plc +44 (0)14 9184 3150
Stanley Carter, Chief Executive
Simon Walther, Finance Director
Hogarth Partnership +44 (0)20 7645 3988
Julian Walker
NOTES TO EDITORS
Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com)
Cohort is a defence technical services group. It operates through two wholly-owned subsidiaries,
Systems Consultants Services Limited ("SCS") and MASS Consultants Limited ("MASS"), both of which are
leading independent service providers, working for defence, wider government and industry clients.
* Cohort's original operating company, SCS, provides independent consultancy support, which
combines technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge, primarily but not
exclusively to the defence sector.
* MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006 for an initial consideration of £12.5m and is an
independent UK Systems House focused on the defence and aerospace markets. MASS offers specialist
skills in four main business areas: Managed Services, Electronic Warfare, Secure Communications and
Information Assurance.
Cohort was specifically established to capitalise on consolidation and organic growth opportunities in
the defence technical services market and was admitted to trading on AIM on 8 March 2006.
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