9 July 2021
Kainos Group plc
("Kainos" or the "Company")
Director / PDMR shareholdings
The Company was notified on 8 July 2021 that Malachy Smith, Divisional Director, Workday Implementation Services, exercised his 2018 PSP options over 12,814 ordinary shares of £0.005 in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of £0.005 per Ordinary Share.
Mr Smith retained the Ordinary Shares on exercise.
Following this notification, Mr Smith and his Person Closely Associated (PCA) have a reportable shareholding of 320,939 Ordinary Shares in the issued share capital of the Company, constituting 0.261% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
(A19 Market Abuse Regulation)
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a. | Name | Malachy Smith | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a. | Position/status | Divisional Director, Workday Implementation Services | ||||
| b. | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a. | Name | Kainos Group plc | ||||
| b. | LEI | 213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47 | ||||
| 4. | 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 | ||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of PSP options and retention of shares | ||||
| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
| d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
N/A | ||||
| e. | Date of the transaction | 08-07-21 | ||||
| f. | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Ends
For further information, please contact:
Kainos via FTI Consulting LLP
Brendan Mooney, Chief Executive Officer
Richard McCann, Chief Financial Officer
Investec Bank plc +44 20 7597 5970
Patrick Robb / Ben Griffiths
Canaccord Genuity +44 20 7523 4606
Simon Bridges/ Emma Gabriel
FTI Consulting LLP +44 20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Dwight Burden / Kwaku Aning
About Kainos
Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered provider, operating in two specialist divisions, Digital Services and its Workday Practice.
The Group's Digital Services include full lifecycle development and support of customised Digital Services for public sector, healthcare and commercial customers. These transformative solutions encompass a range of services from experience to design to Artificial Intelligence and Cloud to deliver truly intelligent solutions that are secure, accessible and cost-effective.
The Group's Workday Practice Kainos is one of Workday's most respected partners. As a full-service partner, we are experienced in complex deployment and integrations, and the leader in Workday test automation. We're trusted by our customers to launch, test, expand and safeguard their Workday systems.
Kainos has over 2,000 people across 12 offices in Europe and North America.
Kainos is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KNOS). For further information, please visit www.kainos.com.
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