Cobham appoints Non-Executive Director

15 December 2014

Cobham APPOINTS ALAN SEMPLE AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Cobham plc announces the appointment of Alan Semple as a Non-executive Director. The appointment is to be effective at a date to be confirmed in the first quarter of 2015.  He will also become a member of the Board's Audit Committee.

Alan is currently Director and Chief Financial Officer at John Wood Group plc, a role he has held since 2000. Prior to this, he held a number of senior finance roles in the Group from 1996.

Alan previously served as the Group Finance Director of GRT Bus Group plc from 1994 to 1995, one of two companies which merged to form FirstGroup plc. Between 1987 and 1994, he was Finance Director at Seaforth Maritime Group Limited.

Alan holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Strathclyde University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

John Devaney, Cobham Chairman, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Alan to Cobham's Board. He brings with him a wealth of financial and commercial experience in an engineering environment which will be an asset to the Board and to the work of the Audit Committee."

Cobham confirms there are no further disclosures to be made under rule 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

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NOTES

Cobham protects lives and livelihoods with its differentiated technology and know-how, operating with a deep insight into customer needs and agility. The Group offers an innovative range of technologies and services to solve challenging problems in harsh environments across commercial, defence and security markets, from deep space to the depths of the ocean, specialising in meeting the growing demand for data, connectivity and bandwidth.

Employing more than 12,000 people on five continents, the Group has customers and partners in over 100 countries, with market leading positions in: wireless, audio, video and data communications, including satellite communications; defence electronics; air-to-air refuelling; aviation services; life support and mission equipment.