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On 21 November 2025, Brendan Mooney, CEO of Kainos Group plc, transferred 3,000,000 ordinary shares to MF LP for nil consideration, as part of long-term family succession planning. MF LP is ultimately controlled by Brendan Mooney, and this resulted in no change to the aggregate shareholding controlled by Mr. Mooney and his closely associated persons, which remained 10,619,062 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 8.88% of the company's issued share capital.
| Date | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Time | 11:39:00 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 7535I |
24 November 2025
("Kainos" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR shareholdings
The Company has been notified that on 21 November 2025, Brendan Mooney, CEO, transferred 3,000,000 ordinary shares of £0.005 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to MF LP, for nil consideration. MF LP is ultimately controlled by Brendan Mooney.
This transfer forms part of long-term family succession planning. There has been no change in the aggregate number of shares or voting rights controlled by Brendan Mooney and his PCAs, which remains at 10,619,062 Ordinary Shares, being approximately 8.88% of the Company's issued share capital. A TR1 form has also been notified to the Company.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Brendan Mooney |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
CEO |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Kainos Group plc |
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LEI |
213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47 |
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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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Description of the Financial instrument/ type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary Shares
KNOS |
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Nature of the transaction |
Disposal of shares for nil consideration |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
N/A |
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Date of the transaction |
21 November 2025 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
MF LP |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
PCA with Brendan Mooney, CEO |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Kainos Group plc |
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LEI |
213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47 |
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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. |
Description of the Financial instrument/ type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary Shares
KNOS |
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Nature of the transaction |
Acquisition of shares for nil consideration |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
N/A |
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Date of the transaction |
21 November 2025 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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Kainos Group plc Legal Entity Identifier: 213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
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 shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KNOS).
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 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.