19 November  2025

Kainos Group plc

("Kainos" or the "Company") 

Renewal of Share Buyback Programme

Kainos Group plc, a UK-headquartered IT provider with expertise across three divisions - Digital Services, Workday Services and Workday Products, confirms  that from today as set out in the Company's interim results announcement on 10 November 2025, it has renewed the appointment of Investec Bank plc ("Investec") to manage a non-discretionary share buyback programme to purchase ordinary shares of £0.005 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") within certain pre-set parameters, for up to a maximum amount of £30 million (excluding expenses) (the "Programme").

The Company has authorised the Programme to continue until the earlier of: (i) the date on which the maximum aggregate consideration payable by the Company has been reached and (ii) 18 May 2026.  

The sole purpose of the Programme is to reduce the Company's share capital, and any Shares purchased for this purpose will be cancelled.

Rationale for Buyback Programme

As set out in our interim results published on 10 November 2025, Kainos has a strong unlevered balance sheet and continues to generate significant operating cash flow, with a net cash and treasury deposit balance of £105.5 million as of 30 September 2025.

The Programme is consistent with the Company's capital allocation policy, to enhance the growth of the business, both organically and through acquisition, and to reward shareholders through growth in earnings alongside our progressive dividend policy, while retaining a robust capital base. Where there is surplus cash over and above that needed to fund organic and inorganic growth, the Board will consider additional one-off returns of capital to shareholders.

In the context of the strong balance sheet position, the Board continues to believe a share buyback to be an attractive use of capital to drive shareholder value alongside the significant ongoing organic investment.

The Board will continue to keep the capital allocation policy and further distributions to shareholders under review, with consideration of future buybacks and other potential uses of capital that may drive value for shareholders over the medium term.

The Programme will be conducted by the Company in accordance with and under the terms of the general authority granted to the Board by the Company's shareholders at the Company's annual general meeting on 23 September 2025 (the "General Authority") and, in line with the General Authority, will not exceed 12,095,395  Shares (less the number of Shares purchased in the period between 23 September 2025 and 18 November 2025) .

The Programme will be executed in accordance with Chapter 9 of the UK Listing Rules and the terms of the General Authority. The Programme will also be conducted within the parameters of the UK version of the Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 596/2014) as incorporated into UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Investec will act as principal for the simultaneous on-sale of such shares to the Company and will make its trading decisions concerning the timing of the purchases of the Shares independently of the Company. Any purchase of Shares made in relation to the Programme will be carried out on the London Stock Exchange.

The Company will make further announcements following the completion of any purchases. There is no guarantee that the Programme will be implemented in full or that any Shares will be purchased by the Company.

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 / Nick Prowting / Arnav Kapoor

FTI Consulting LLP                                                                               +44 20 3727 1000

Dwight Burden / Kwaku Aning

About Kainos Group plc

Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered provider of sophisticated IT services to major public sector, commercial and healthcare customers and a developer of software applications.

Our expertise spans three divisions: Digital Services, Workday Services, and Workday Products.

Digital Services

Our Digital Services customers face a range of business challenges, including the need to improve their customer service, reduce costs and increase productivity. We help them to solve these problems by developing and supporting custom digital service platforms. Our solutions enable customers and their users to work smarter, faster and better, while ensuring the platforms are secure, accessible and cost effective.

Workday Services

 We are a respected partner to Workday Inc., providing a comprehensive range of services to support customers deploying Workday's Finance, HR and Planning products. Our experience in complex deployments means we are trusted to launch, test, expand and support Workday systems.

Workday Products

We have developed proprietary software products that complement Workday by enhancing our customers' system security and compliance and improving their document generation and storage. Over 600 global customers now use one or more of our products, with adoption growing rapidly.

Our people

Our people are central to our success. We employ more than 3,100 people in 18 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Find out more

You can discover more about us at www.kainos.com.