REG - Kainos Group plc - Update on office development & partial site sale

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RNS Number : 1674D  Kainos Group plc  18 October 2022

18 October 2022

Kainos Group plc

(ÒKainosÓ or the Òthe CompanyÓ)

Bankmore Square, Belfast

 Update on office development and partial sale of site

 

Kainos Group plc (KNOS), a leading IT provider, operating across two
specialist business areas, Digital Services and its Workday Practice, is
pleased to announce a further update on plans for its Belfast site, Bankmore
Square, which it purchased in 2019.

 

In line with its previously announced strategy, the Company plans to develop a
new headquarters building to accommodate existing staff in a single,
environmentally sustainable, purpose-built office.  The new 80,000 sq ft
building will be able to support the CompanyÕs significant future growth
plans and has the capacity to accommodate up to 3,000 people.

 

The revised design for the building will only require 50% of the existing site
and, following a sale  process, it is the CompanyÕs intention to dispose of
the remainder of the land to  QueenÕs University Belfast, who will use it to
develop high quality student accommodation.

 

A further announcement will be made on the completion of the sale process.

 

The announcement of this update will allow Kainos to proceed with the
selection of a contractor for the construction of the new office building.
It remains the CompanyÕs intention to fund the construction using cash on the
balance sheet and, subject to final design, costs and board approval, will
represent a capital  investment of between £27million and £30million in the
new office complex.

 

Brendan Mooney, Chief Executive Officer of Kainos, said:

"The announcement today is another step towards the development of our new
office in Belfast.  Our new Bankmore Square development will provide us with
a larger, more sustainable office that will bring all our colleagues together
in a single location and, at the same time, provide significant capacity for
our future growth.

 

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 / Ben Griffiths

 

Canaccord Genuity +44 20 7523 4606

Simon Bridges / Emma Gabriel

 

FTI Consulting LLP +44 20 3727 1000

Dwight Burden / Kwaku Aning

 

About Kainos

Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered IT provider, across two specialist
business areas, Digital Services and the Workday Practice.

Our Digital Services division develops and supports custom digital service
platforms for public sector, commercial and healthcare customers. Our
solutions transform the delivery of these services, ensuring they are secure,
accessible and cost-effective, and that they provide better outcomes for
users.

Our Workday Practice is focused on the deployment of Workday Inc's Finance, HR
and Planning software to leading organisations across the public, commercial
and healthcare sectors. We are one of Workday's most respected partners,
experienced in complex deployment and integrations and trusted by our
customers to launch, test, expand and safeguard their Workday systems. We are
also the leader in automated testing of customers' unique Workday
configurations.

Our people are central to our success. We employ more than 2,600 people across
20 offices in Europe and the Americas.

We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KNOS) and you can discover
more about what we do and who we are at www.kainos.com.

 

 

 

 

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