13 August 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 13 August 2015, that the following PDMR acquired an interest over ordinary shares of £0.05 each in Coats. The transactions were carried out in New Zealand.
The details of the transaction were as follows:

Name

Purchase Date

Number of Shares

Acquired

Percentage of Issued

Share Capital

Purchase

Price

Paul Forman

13 August 2015

200,000

0.0142%

£0.2773

Paul Forman now holds a total of 535,933 shares in Coats representing 0.038% 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.

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