Cohort order book grows 10% in first four months of its financial year

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Defence technology company Cohort said the size of its order book had expanded by about 10% between the end of April and the end of August.

The company's order book had swelled to £210.9m, compared to £190.9m at the end of April, chairman Nick Prest said in speech notes for the company's annual general meeting.

This order book now underpinned nearly 76% of the full year's externally forecast revenue, including recently announced September orders, compared to 60% at the same time last year.

'Since we reported the group's final results in July, we have continued to win good quality work in all the group's divisions.'

At 1:35pm: (LON:CHRT) Cohort PLC share price was +12p at 485p