Last checked at 5 Dec 2018 13:02
5 December 2018
Kainos Group plc
("Kainos" or the "Company)
Director / PDMR shareholdings
The Company announces that on 4 December 2018, 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.
Application will be made for the 148,500 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.
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 2018 | ||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
1. Subject to the vesting criteria set out in the Annual Report. | ||||||
d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
N/A | ||||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 04 December 2018 | ||||||
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 2018 | ||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
1. Subject to the vesting criteria set out in the Annual Report. | ||||||
d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
N/A | ||||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 04 December 2018 | ||||||
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 | Sales 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 2018 | ||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
1. Subject to the vesting criteria set out in the Annual Report. 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 | 04 December 2018 | ||||||
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 / Sebastian Lawrence
Canaccord Genuity +44 20 7523 4606
Simon Bridges / Emma Gabriel
FTI Consulting LLP +44 20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Harry Staight
About Kainos
Kainos Group plc is a UK-based 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 products 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; and Evolve Integrated Care ('IC') is a SaaS-based integrated care platform for the NHS and international healthcare providers.
Kainos has over 1,300 people across eleven offices in Europe and the USA, working interchangeably across its Services and Platforms divisions.
Kainos is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KNOS). For further information, please visit www.kainos.com