Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5167H

Kainos Group plc

03 December 2020

 

3 December 2020

Kainos Group plc

("Kainos" or the "Company")  

Director / PDMR shareholdings

The Company announces that on 3 December 2020, share awards (the "Awards") approved by the Board of Directors of the Company under the Company's HM Revenue and Customs approved Share Incentive Plan scheme (the "SIP Awards"), in the form of free ordinary shares, contingent on length of service of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") were provided to all eligible U.K. based employees of the Company, including the executive directors of the Company, or its subsidiaries.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 (A19 Market Abuse Regulation)

Kainos Group plc Legal Entity Identifier: 213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47 

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Brendan Mooney
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	CEO
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	SIP Share Awards 2020
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	SIP Award Award Price(s) Volume(s) £12.08 298
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	03-12-20
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Richard McCann
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	CFO/COO
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	SIP Share Awards 2020
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	SIP Award Award Price(s) Volume(s) £12.08 298
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	03-12-20
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Paul Gannon
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Director
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	RSS Share Awards 2020
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	RSS Award 1 Award Price(s) Volume(s) £12.08 298 1. Mr Gannon's RSS shares are acquired through an Irish Revenue approved share scheme with similar provisions to the U.K. SIP.
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	03-12-20
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a Trading Venue

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For further information, please contact:

Kainos  via FTI Consulting LLP

Brendan Mooney, Chief Executive Officer

Richard McCann, Chief Financial Officer

Investec Bank plc   [phone]

Patrick Robb / Ben Griffiths

Canaccord Genuity   [phone]

Simon Bridges/ Emma Gabriel

FTI Consulting LLP  [phone]

Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Dwight Burden

About Kainos

Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered provider of Digital Services and Digital Platforms. 

The Group's Digital Services include full lifecycle development and support of customised Digital Services for government and commercial customers. Kainos is also the leading European partner for Workday, Inc. ('Workday'), responsible for implementing Workday's innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for enterprise and, now, government customers. 

The Group's Digital Platforms comprise specialised digital platforms in the mobile healthcare and automated testing arenas. Smart is an automated testing platform for Workday customers; Evolve Electronic Medical Records ('EMR') is the market-leading product for the digitisation of patient notes in the Acute sector of the NHS.

Kainos has over 1,700 people across 15 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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