31 January 2024
Kainos Group plc
("Kainos"
or the "Company")
Director / PDMR
shareholdings
The Company has been notified of the
following transactions in its ordinary Shares by Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and their Persons
Closely Associated ("PCA"):
·
On 26 January 2024, Malachy Smith, Divisional
Director, exercised share options granted in 2020 under the
Company's Performance Share Plan. Mr Smith sold the ordinary
shares on exercise at a price of £10.58.
·
On 26 January that Nicola
Smith, a PCA with Malachy Smith, sold 48,465 ordinary shares in the
Company at a price of £10.50.
Following this notification, Mr
Smith and his Person Closely Associated (PCA) have a reportable
shareholding of 211,700 ordinary shares in the issued share capital
of the Company, constituting 0.169% of the issued share capital of
the Company.
Please note, the reportable
shareholding of Mr Smith and his PCA was incorrectly declared in
RNS No. 9003N, dated 27 September 2023. The correct
reportable shareholding at that time was 260,165 ordinary shares,
which is 0.207% of the total voting rights. This is corrected
from 260,939 and 0.208% respectively in the original
RNS.
Notification and public
disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities
and persons closely associated with them.
(A19 Market Abuse
Regulation)
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1.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
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a.
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Name
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Malachy Smith
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2.
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Reason for the notification
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a.
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Position/status
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Divisional Director
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b.
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Initial notification
/Amendment
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Initial
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3.
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a.
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Name
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Kainos Group plc
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b.
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LEI
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213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
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4.
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Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i)
each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a.
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Description of the
Financial instrument/
type of instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary Shares of £0.005
each
KNOS
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b.
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of share options granted in
2020 under the Company's Performance Share Plan, and sale of
shares.
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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£10.58
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11,535
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d.
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Aggregated information
· Aggregated
volume
· Price
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N/A
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e.
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Date of the transaction
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26-01-24
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange -
XLON
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1.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
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a.
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Name
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Nicola Smith
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2.
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Reason for the notification
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a.
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Position/status
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PCA with Malachy Smith, Divisional
Director
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b.
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial
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3.
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
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a.
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Name
|
Kainos Group plc
|
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b.
|
LEI
|
213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
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4.
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Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i)
each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
|
|
a.
|
Description of the
Financial instrument/
type of instrument
Identification code
|
Ordinary Shares of £0.005
each
KNOS
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b.
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Nature of the transaction
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Sale of Ordinary Shares
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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£10.50
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48,465
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|
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d.
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Aggregated information
· Aggregated
volume
· Price
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N/A
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e.
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Date of the transaction
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26-01-24
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange -
XLON
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Kainos Group plc Legal Entity Identifier:
213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
Ends
For
further information, please contact:
Kainos
via FTI Consulting LLP
Russell Sloan, Chief Executive
Officer
Richard McCann, Chief Financial
Officer
Investec Bank plc
+44 20 7597 5970
Patrick Robb / Ben
Griffiths
FTI
Consulting
LLP
+44 20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Dwight Burden / Kwaku
Aning
About Kainos
Kainos Group plc is a
UK-headquartered IT provider with expertise across three divisions
- Digital Services, Workday Services, and Workday
Products.
Our Digital Services division
develops and supports custom digital service platforms for public
sector, commercial, and healthcare customers. Our solutions
transform the delivery of these services, ensuring they are secure,
accessible, and cost-effective, and provide better outcomes for
users.
Our Workday Services division
specialises in the deployment of Workday Inc.'s Finance, HR and
Planning products to leading organisations across Europe and North
America. We are one of Workday's most respected partners,
experienced in complex deployment and trusted by our customers to
launch, test, expand, and support their Workday
systems.
Our Workday Products division
develops products that complement Workday. Our Smart product suite,
including Smart Test (for automated testing), Smart Audit (for
compliance monitoring), and Smart Shield (for data masking), are
used by more than 350 customers globally to safeguard their Workday
systems.
Our people are central to our
success. We employ more than 3,100 people in 23 countries across
Europe, Asia and the Americas.
We are listed on the London Stock
Exchange (LSE: KNOS) and you can discover more about us at
www.kainos.com.