RNS Number : 6367K Kainos Group plc 01 July 2026  

01 July 2026

Kainos Group plc

("Kainos" or the "Company")

Director / PDMR shareholdings

The Company announces that the Kainos Group plc SAYE Plan was open to all eligible staff, including executive directors and executive managers of the Company. On 30 June 2026, options over Ordinary Shares were granted under the SAYE Plan to those eligible staff who elected to participate, including Richard McCann, a director of the Company.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

(A19 Market Abuse Regulation)

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

Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.005 each

KNOS

b.

Nature of the transaction

SAYE Share Awards 2026

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

SAYE Award

Exercise Price(s)

Volume(s)

£6.953

776

d.

Aggregated information

·      Aggregated volume

·      Price

N/A

e.

Date of the transaction

30-06-2026

f.

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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 develops and supports custom digital service platforms, which help customers solve key business problems such as the need to improve their service, reduce costs and increase productivity.

Workday Services is a respected Workday partner, providing a comprehensive range of services to support customers deploying Workday's Finance, HR and Planning products.

Workday Products develops proprietary software products that complement Workday, by enhancing our customers' system security and compliance and improving their document generation and storage.

Our purpose

Our purpose is to help our customers with their most challenging projects and, together with our partners, help them build the capability to succeed in the digital age.

Find out more

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

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