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RNS Number : 6864L Kainos Group plc 06 June 2025
6(th) June 2025
Kainos Group plc
("Kainos" or the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
Kainos Group PLC ("the "Company") announces it has purchased the following
number of its ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each through Investec Bank plc.
Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase: 5(th) June 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 30,000
Lowest price per share (pence): 730.50
Highest price per share (pence): 761.00
Weighted average price per day (pence): 742.2499
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part
of the buyback programme which was announced by the Company on 19(th) May 2025
(the "Programme").
Aggregate Information
Venue Volume-weighted average price (p) Aggregated volume Lowest price per share (p) Highest price per share (p)
XLON 742.2499 30,000 730.50 761.00
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No
596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades
made by Investec on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is detailed
below:
Date and time of each trade Number of shares purchased Price (pence per share) Trading Venue Transaction Reference Number
05 June 2025 08:00:32 107 732.00 XLON 00339444648TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:19:05 111 733.50 XLON 00339450300TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:19:05 187 734.00 XLON 00339450302TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:19:06 108 733.00 XLON 00339450317TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:19:12 104 733.00 XLON 00339450388TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:19:23 104 732.50 XLON 00339450467TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:25:01 106 735.50 XLON 00339453861TRLO1
05 June 2025 08:34:11 109 733.50 XLON 00339459676TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:00 105 739.00 XLON 00339481619TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:03 110 739.00 XLON 00339481638TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:31 80 739.50 XLON 00339481805TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:31 2 739.50 XLON 00339481806TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:31 8 739.50 XLON 00339481807TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:34 17 739.50 XLON 00339481820TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:34 73 739.50 XLON 00339481821TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:47 112 741.00 XLON 00339481868TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:47 104 741.00 XLON 00339481869TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:53 500 741.00 XLON 00339481894TRLO1
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05 June 2025 09:20:56 104 741.00 XLON 00339481904TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:56 84 741.00 XLON 00339481905TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:20:57 1 742.00 XLON 00339481910TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:21:30 109 743.00 XLON 00339482080TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:26:07 113 742.50 XLON 00339483867TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:26:07 104 742.50 XLON 00339483868TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:26:07 112 741.50 XLON 00339483869TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:37:57 104 745.50 XLON 00339488268TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:09 500 746.00 XLON 00339488327TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:09 100 746.00 XLON 00339488328TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:09 280 746.00 XLON 00339488329TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:09 76 746.00 XLON 00339488330TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:09 108 745.00 XLON 00339488331TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:09 43 745.50 XLON 00339488332TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:38:15 108 745.50 XLON 00339488396TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:46:15 110 744.00 XLON 00339491503TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:46:15 110 744.00 XLON 00339491504TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:46:42 106 744.00 XLON 00339491625TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:08 11 743.50 XLON 00339497023TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:08 95 743.50 XLON 00339497024TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:13 20 744.00 XLON 00339497070TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:14 107 743.50 XLON 00339497078TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:14 52 744.00 XLON 00339497079TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:14 100 744.00 XLON 00339497080TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:15 107 744.50 XLON 00339497081TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:19 111 745.00 XLON 00339497125TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 111 744.50 XLON 00339497373TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 16 745.00 XLON 00339497374TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 30 745.00 XLON 00339497375TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 290 745.00 XLON 00339497376TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 100 745.00 XLON 00339497377TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 200 745.00 XLON 00339497378TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:56 22 745.00 XLON 00339497379TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:58:59 104 745.00 XLON 00339497394TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:26 51 745.50 XLON 00339497552TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:26 36 745.50 XLON 00339497553TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:57 11 745.50 XLON 00339497764TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:57 19 745.50 XLON 00339497765TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:57 51 745.50 XLON 00339497766TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:57 20 745.50 XLON 00339497767TRLO1
05 June 2025 09:59:59 113 745.00 XLON 00339497776TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:05:30 107 746.50 XLON 00339500076TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:08:45 109 745.50 XLON 00339501937TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:08:45 109 745.50 XLON 00339501938TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:17:42 105 748.00 XLON 00339504913TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:18:12 98 748.50 XLON 00339505059TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:18:12 34 748.50 XLON 00339505060TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:18:12 109 748.00 XLON 00339505061TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:20:51 61 748.00 XLON 00339505959TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:20:51 21 748.00 XLON 00339505960TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:47:46 109 747.00 XLON 00339515245TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:51:27 214 750.50 XLON 00339516017TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:51:27 672 750.00 XLON 00339516034TRLO1
05 June 2025 10:59:03 216 755.00 XLON 00339518236TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:03:56 322 759.50 XLON 00339518505TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:03:56 322 760.00 XLON 00339518506TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:03:56 201 760.00 XLON 00339518515TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:03:56 329 760.00 XLON 00339518516TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:21:38 215 761.00 XLON 00339519038TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:30:30 340 760.50 XLON 00339519299TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:30:31 329 760.00 XLON 00339519300TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:31:51 64 759.00 XLON 00339519736TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:31:51 157 759.00 XLON 00339519737TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:32:44 207 758.50 XLON 00339519761TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:32:44 152 758.00 XLON 00339519762TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:33:04 56 758.00 XLON 00339519785TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:33:04 48 758.00 XLON 00339519786TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:33:26 109 757.50 XLON 00339519807TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:33:55 109 756.50 XLON 00339519860TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:34:17 108 755.00 XLON 00339519875TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:34:26 110 755.00 XLON 00339519879TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:42:56 110 751.00 XLON 00339520111TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:43:12 54 750.00 XLON 00339520121TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:43:17 109 750.50 XLON 00339520126TRLO1
05 June 2025 11:44:04 109 749.50 XLON 00339520149TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:07:29 225 749.50 XLON 00339520918TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:07:29 209 749.50 XLON 00339520919TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:07:39 212 749.50 XLON 00339520920TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:07:39 210 749.00 XLON 00339520921TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:11:59 210 747.50 XLON 00339521100TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:20:39 56 745.00 XLON 00339521513TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:21:42 49 745.00 XLON 00339521542TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:21:42 56 745.00 XLON 00339521543TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:41:06 112 744.00 XLON 00339522161TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:41:06 107 743.50 XLON 00339522162TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:41:16 111 744.00 XLON 00339522178TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:44:10 107 743.50 XLON 00339522226TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:46:24 111 744.50 XLON 00339522291TRLO1
05 June 2025 12:46:24 111 745.00 XLON 00339522292TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:01:31 111 743.50 XLON 00339522766TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:01:31 111 743.50 XLON 00339522767TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:05:55 242 743.50 XLON 00339522855TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:07:21 55 743.50 XLON 00339522882TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:07:38 110 744.00 XLON 00339522901TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:35:06 111 744.00 XLON 00339523671TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:35:06 108 743.50 XLON 00339523672TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:35:21 10 742.50 XLON 00339523682TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:36:56 24 742.50 XLON 00339523751TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:42:44 74 742.50 XLON 00339523907TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:42:44 34 742.50 XLON 00339523908TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 104 742.00 XLON 00339523959TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 280 742.00 XLON 00339523960TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 108 741.50 XLON 00339523961TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 29 741.50 XLON 00339523962TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 15 741.50 XLON 00339523963TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 6 741.50 XLON 00339523964TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 29 741.50 XLON 00339523965TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 115 741.50 XLON 00339523966TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 15 741.50 XLON 00339523967TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:02 6 741.50 XLON 00339523968TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:35 29 741.50 XLON 00339523999TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:35 15 741.50 XLON 00339524000TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:35 6 741.50 XLON 00339524001TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:44:35 112 740.50 XLON 00339524002TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:49:20 14 741.00 XLON 00339524135TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:49:20 6 741.00 XLON 00339524136TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:49:20 115 742.00 XLON 00339524142TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:49:20 214 741.50 XLON 00339524145TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:49:26 223 741.50 XLON 00339524175TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:49:30 208 741.50 XLON 00339524183TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:50:24 210 740.00 XLON 00339524249TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:57:22 79 739.00 XLON 00339524478TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:57:22 26 739.00 XLON 00339524479TRLO1
05 June 2025 13:59:33 111 738.50 XLON 00339524602TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:01:45 110 739.50 XLON 00339524706TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:05:11 140 738.00 XLON 00339524828TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:05:11 80 738.00 XLON 00339524829TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:10:12 110 736.50 XLON 00339525038TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:13:48 109 735.50 XLON 00339525228TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:18:37 107 733.50 XLON 00339525533TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:23:07 109 733.50 XLON 00339525754TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:23:07 107 733.50 XLON 00339525755TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:23:36 215 733.00 XLON 00339525858TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:24:02 96 732.50 XLON 00339525963TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:30:00 224 734.00 XLON 00339526286TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:30:00 223 733.50 XLON 00339526287TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:31:31 219 733.50 XLON 00339526686TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:31:31 214 732.50 XLON 00339526688TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:47:22 318 734.50 XLON 00339527985TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:51:38 210 734.50 XLON 00339528311TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:51:38 471 734.50 XLON 00339528312TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:51:52 106 734.50 XLON 00339528335TRLO1
05 June 2025 14:52:06 52 734.50 XLON 00339528342TRLO1
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05 June 2025 14:53:29 105 734.50 XLON 00339528463TRLO1
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05 June 2025 15:02:58 105 733.00 XLON 00339529349TRLO1
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05 June 2025 15:36:11 114 733.50 XLON 00339531468TRLO1
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05 June 2025 15:36:16 70 733.50 XLON 00339531481TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:36:16 114 733.50 XLON 00339531482TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:36:21 125 734.00 XLON 00339531496TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:38:35 239 736.00 XLON 00339531703TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:38:35 170 736.00 XLON 00339531704TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:41:56 21 739.00 XLON 00339531981TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:41:56 162 739.00 XLON 00339531982TRLO1
05 June 2025 15:42:00 240 738.50 XLON 00339531987TRLO1
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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
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+44 20 7597 5970
Patrick Robb / Ben Griffiths / Nick Prowting
FTI Consulting
LLP
+44 20 3727 1000
Dwight Burden / Kwaku Aning
About Kainos
Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered provider of sophisticated IT services
to major public sector, commercial and healthcare customers. 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 problems, 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. in Europe and North America,
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 550 global customers use one or more of
our products, with adoption growing rapidly.
Our people
Our people are central to our success. We have more than 2,800 people in 20
countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Find out more
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