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RNS Number : 0531W  
  
Cohort PLC  
  
22 July 2009  
  
22 July 2009  
  
COHORT PLC  
  
MASS SIGNS £13m, SEVEN-YEAR BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE (BSF) CONTRACT  
  
Cohort plc, the independent technology group, announces that its wholly-owned 
subsidiary, MASS Consultants Limited, has signed a contract as Information and 
Communication Technologies (ICT) partner to provide new and refurbished schools 
for North Lincolnshire Council under the government's BSF programme. The signing 
follows the announcement on 7 April 2009 that MASS had been selected as the 
preferred bidder subject to contractual negotiations.  
  
MASS will provide and integrate a range of ICT equipment, networks and software 
for seven schools, and a managed service for its support and maintenance. MASS 
already provides this type of service to a range of government and private 
sector clients. The contract value for MASS will exceed £13m over 7 years.  
  
MASS has formed a partnership with May Gurney Integrated Services plc and NPS 
Property Consultants Ltd for the North Lincolnshire BSF programme, to be known 
as the North Lincolnshire Learning Partnership (PSP), which will initially cover 
a number of new build and refurbishment projects for secondary schools in the 
Scunthorpe area.   
  
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive said: "This is a prestigious contract and one 
which plays to our market-leading capabilities in the development, provision and 
integration of secure ICT infrastructures. We look forward to developing further 
business in this new market for the company."  
  
For further information, please contact:  
  
 
  Cohort plc                                     01491 845 630  
  Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive                                
  Simon Walther, Finance Director                               
                                                                
  Investec                                       020 7597 5970  
  Keith Anderson                                                
                                                                
  Hogarth Partnership Limited                    020 7357 9477  
  Julian Walker, Andrew Jaques, Vicky Watkins                   
  
  
NOTES TO EDITORS  
  
Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is a technology group working primarily for 
defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through 
three market-facing subsidiary companies:    
  
 
 * MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist systems house focused mainly on 
Information Systems, Managed Services, Secure Communications and Electronic 
Warfare.Acquired by Cohort in August 2006. 
 * SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - an independent defence consultancy, combining 
technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge.   
 * SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced surveillance systems and software house 
with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space, transport 
and offshore 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 Oxfordshire and, through its operating 
companies, employs in total around 500 staff there and at bases in Bristol, 
Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.    
  
 
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