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REL: 0831 HRS Coats Group plc

RELINT: COA: Director/PDMR Shareholding

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: Paul Forman

Purchase Date: 13 August 2015

Number of Shares Acquired: 200,000

Percentage of Issued Share Capital: 0.0142%

Purchase Price: ?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.

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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