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Kainos Group plc CFO/COO Richard McCann completed an off-market transfer of 1,521,822 ordinary shares to his spouse, Kerry McCann, on 12 March 2026. Following this transfer, his and his Person Closely Associated's reportable shareholding totals 4,631,476 ordinary shares, representing 3.92% of the Company's issued share capital. This total includes 544 shares acquired by Richard McCann through the exercise of options under the 2022 SAYE scheme on 11 December 2025 at £9.92 per share.
| Date | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Time | 16:58:41 |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
| ID | 6524W |
13 March 2026
("Kainos" or the "Company")
Notification of Transactions of Director/PDMR
The Company has been notified that in connection with a personal financial commitment forming part of divorce proceedings, Richard McCann has made an off-market transfer of 1,521,822 Kainos Group plc ordinary shares to his spouse Kerry McCann who is currently classified as a Person Closely Associated ("PCA"). Kerry McCann will remain a PCA until the marriage is legally dissolved, at which point the Company will no longer be required to aggregate her shareholding with that of Richard McCann in its disclosures.
Following this transfer Richard McCann and his PCA have a reportable shareholding of 4,631, 476* ordinary shares, representing 3.92% of the Company's issued share capital.
* Note: This total includes 544 shares resulting from an exercise of options under the Company's 2022 SAYE scheme on 11 December 2025. The exercise was identified during a routine internal reconciliation; the delay in notification was due to an administrative oversight regarding the classification of the exercise. The PDMR has confirmed that they were not in possession of inside information at the time of the transaction and continues to hold the resulting shares.
Spousal Transfer
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Richard McCann |
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Position/status |
CFO/COO |
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"Initial notification" vs "Amendment" |
Initial Notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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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 of £0.005 each (ISIN: GB00BZ0D6727)/KNOS |
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Nature of the transaction |
Transfer to spouse |
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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 |
12-03-26 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue (XOFF) |
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SAYE Exercise
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Richard McCann |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
CFO/COO |
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"Initial notification" vs "Amendment" |
Initial Notification |
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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 of £0.005 each (ISIN: GB00BZ0D6727)/KNOS |
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Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of options under 2022 SAYE Scheme |
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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 |
11-12-25 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue (XOFF) |
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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.