COA
02/07/2015 08:30
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REL: 0830 HRS Coats Group plc

RELINT: COA: Director/PDMR Shareholding

1 July 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 30 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: Paul Forman
Purchase Date: 30 June 2015
Number of Shares Acquired: 25,933
Percentage of Issued Share Capital: 0.0018%
Purchase Price: ?0.2455

Paul Forman now holds a total of 335,933 shares in Coats representing 0.02%
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.

Enquiry details

UK media
Richard Mountain +44 20 3727 1374

New Zealand and Australian media
Geoff Senescall +64 9 309 5659

Investors
Jaideep Thatai +44 20 8210 5086
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