RNS Number:3355N
Cobham PLC
09 July 2003



For Immediate Release




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                                   Cobham Plc



                Results of Placing of new Cobham ordinary shares



Cobham plc ("Cobham") announces that it has completed the placing of new
ordinary shares (the "Placing") launched earlier today. A total of 9,159,560 new
ordinary shares have been placed at a price of 1160 pence per share. The gross
proceeds, at the placing price, amount to #106 million.



Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock
Exchange plc (the "LSE") for the new ordinary shares, which will rank pari passu
with the existing ordinary shares of Cobham, to be admitted to the Official List
maintained by the UK Listing Authority and for admission to trading on the
market for listed securities of the LSE on 14 July 2003.





Enquiries:

Cobham                                      01202 857909
Allan Cook           Chief Executive
Giles Irwin          Group Financial Director



College Hill                                020 7457 2020
Matthew Smallwood





Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Limited is acting for Cobham and no
one else in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible to anyone
other than Cobham for providing the protections afforded to clients of Dresdner
Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Limited.



This announcement has been issued by Cobham and is the sole responsibility of
Cobham. This announcement is for information purposes only and does not
constitute  an offer to sell or issue any securities or a solicitation of an
offer to buy or acquire any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction
including, without limitation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada,
Australia or Japan.  The new ordinary shares referred to in this announcement
have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 and
may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an
exemption from registration.  No public offering of securities will be made in
the United States.



Neither this document nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or
distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada,
Australia or Japan or in any jurisdiction in which such transmission or
distribution is unlawful.  Any failure to comply with this restriction may
constitute a violation of U.S., Canadian, Australian or Japanese securities laws
or the securities laws of other states as the case may be.



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