10 August 2021

Kainos Group plc

("Kainos" or the "Company") 

                                                Notification of Change of Auditor

The Company announces that, following a competitive tender process overseen by the Audit Committee and in compliance with the Statutory Audit Services for Large Companies Market Investigation (Mandatory Use of Competitive Tender Processes and Audit Committee Responsibilities) Order 2014, the Board has approved the appointment of KPMG as its external auditor for the year ending 31 March 2022. This appointment remains subject to approval by shareholders at the Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting.  

The formal appointment will be for the reporting period commencing 1 April 2021. Deloitte (NI) Limited, the Company's current external auditor, will conclude the remainder of the audit for the year ending 31 March 2021, having been re-appointed at the 2020 Annual General Meeting.

Andy Malpass, Chair of the Audit Committee said: "We thank Deloitte for their excellent contribution as auditor for many years and we look forward to working with KPMG in the future".

Kainos Group plc Legal Entity Identifier: 213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47 

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For further information, please contact:

Kainos                                                                                        via FTI Consulting LLP

Brendan Mooney, Chief Executive Officer

Richard McCann, Chief Financial Officer

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Patrick Robb / Ben Griffiths

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Simon Bridges/ Emma Gabriel

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Matt Dixon / Dwight Burden / Kwaku Aning

About Kainos

Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered IT provider, across two specialist business areas, Digital Services and the 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 design to artificial intelligence and cloud to deliver truly intelligent solutions that are secure, accessible and cost-effective.

The Group's Workday Practice 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).