** Shares of Australia's Knosys KNO.AX rise as much as
11.1% to A$0.040, its biggest intraday pct gain since July 26
** Software services provider says awarded a five-year
contract by the Office of the Director Of Public Prosecutions
for Western Australia
** Contract for use of KNO's knowledge management platform,
KnowledgeIQ
** Says contract has two options of one year each to extend
it to total term of seven yrs
** Adds value of the contract over the maximum seven-yr term
is expected to be A$985,000 ($663,791)
** Stock up 10.8% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.4839 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))