9 June 2015 Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons

The Company was notified on 9 June 2015, that the following PDMR acquired an interest over ordinary shares of £0.05 each in Coats. The transactions were carried out in the UK.
The details of the transaction were as follows:

Name

Purchase

Date

Number of Shares

Acquired

Percentage of Issued

Share Capital

Purchase

Price

Richard

Howes

9 June 2015

290,000

0.02%

£0.2545

Richard Howes now holds a total of 490,000 shares in Coats representing 0.03% of the Company's total voting rights.
This disclosure is made pursuant to the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency
Rule 3.1.4.
Stuart Morgan
Company Secretary
9 June 2015

Enquiry details

UK media Richard Mountain +44 20 3727 1374
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