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Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 15, 2026
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RNS Number : 9384O
Kainos Group plc
15 January 2026
15th January 2026
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: | 14th January 2026 |
| Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 31,727 |
| Lowest price per share (pence): | 989.50 |
| Highest price per share (pence): | 1,000.00 |
| Weighted average price per day (pence): | 996.7939 |
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 in its Interim Results announcement on 10th November 2025 and took effect on 19th November 2025 (the "Programme").
Aggregate Information
| Venue | Volume-weighted average price (p) | Aggregated volume | Lowest price per share (p) | Highest price per share (p) |
| XLON | 996.7939 | 31,727 | 989.50 | 1,000.00 |
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 |
| 14 January 2026 08:52:14 | 74 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370404732TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:05:16 | 228 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370413362TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:16:08 | 74 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370420486TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:16:08 | 74 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370420485TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:16:08 | 75 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370420484TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:16:21 | 160 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370420575TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:17:04 | 27 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370420924TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:17:04 | 47 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370420923TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:17:04 | 75 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370420922TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:27:48 | 221 | 991.50 | XLON | 00370427918TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:33:45 | 79 | 991.50 | XLON | 00370432722TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:34:05 | 75 | 991.00 | XLON | 00370432970TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:34:18 | 74 | 989.50 | XLON | 00370433141TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:36:16 | 78 | 989.50 | XLON | 00370434510TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 09:49:32 | 152 | 990.50 | XLON | 00370447728TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:05:36 | 148 | 992.50 | XLON | 00370458141TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:05:41 | 147 | 992.00 | XLON | 00370458148TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:05:41 | 129 | 992.00 | XLON | 00370458150TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:05:41 | 82 | 992.00 | XLON | 00370458149TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:16:56 | 159 | 996.00 | XLON | 00370458664TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:22:27 | 74 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370458907TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:22:27 | 75 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370458906TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:22:32 | 155 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370458908TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:25:00 | 230 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370459140TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:25:00 | 11 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370459139TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:28:01 | 116 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370459336TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:28:01 | 16 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370459335TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:28:01 | 79 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370459337TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:31:49 | 154 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370459726TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:37:31 | 76 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370460130TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:38:00 | 25 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370460158TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:38:00 | 53 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370460157TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:43:29 | 136 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370460414TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:49:45 | 52 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370460716TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:49:51 | 9 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370460725TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:50:12 | 74 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370460733TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 10:55:47 | 25 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370461016TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:02:11 | 240 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461265TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:02:12 | 231 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370461266TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:09:09 | 12 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461499TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:09:27 | 149 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461503TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:12:46 | 74 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461629TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:12:46 | 149 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461628TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:15:59 | 86 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370461790TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:15:59 | 385 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370461789TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:16:37 | 54 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461816TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:16:37 | 390 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370461815TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:36:24 | 233 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370462744TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:36:24 | 38 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370462743TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:36:24 | 178 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370462746TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:36:24 | 414 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370462745TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:39:46 | 317 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370462849TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:44:14 | 76 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370463058TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:44:14 | 75 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370463057TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:44:14 | 75 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370463056TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:44:14 | 302 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370463055TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:44:14 | 537 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370463059TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:57:02 | 76 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370463713TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:57:02 | 154 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370463712TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 11:57:02 | 232 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370463714TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:13:39 | 10,000 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370464640TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:16:51 | 6 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370464860TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:23:17 | 73 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465107TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:23:17 | 45 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465106TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:23:17 | 102 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465105TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:04 | 73 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465752TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:04 | 73 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465751TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:04 | 118 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465750TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:04 | 29 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465749TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:06 | 121 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465755TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:06 | 100 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465754TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:34:06 | 90 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370465753TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:46:09 | 79 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370466224TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:46:09 | 238 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370466223TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:46:20 | 296 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370466233TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 12:46:20 | 298 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370466234TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:05:09 | 70 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370467294TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:05:09 | 5 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370467293TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:08:16 | 200 | 995.50 | XLON | 00370467390TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:08:16 | 17 | 995.50 | XLON | 00370467389TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:08:16 | 7 | 995.50 | XLON | 00370467388TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:12:54 | 155 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370467683TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:17:02 | 74 | 996.00 | XLON | 00370467863TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:17:02 | 1 | 996.00 | XLON | 00370467862TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:21:20 | 81 | 996.00 | XLON | 00370468041TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:21:20 | 161 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370468042TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:35:22 | 147 | 996.00 | XLON | 00370468663TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:36:03 | 135 | 995.50 | XLON | 00370468679TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:36:03 | 19 | 995.50 | XLON | 00370468680TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:46:42 | 5,000 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370469283TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:46:43 | 76 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370469288TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:46:43 | 77 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370469287TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:46:43 | 135 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370469286TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:46:43 | 19 | 995.00 | XLON | 00370469285TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:46:51 | 302 | 995.50 | XLON | 00370469294TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:47:09 | 221 | 996.50 | XLON | 00370469315TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 13:53:12 | 76 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370469562TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:01:29 | 77 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370469911TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:01:32 | 77 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370469917TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:01:32 | 80 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370469918TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:16:15 | 73 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370470619TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:16:15 | 7 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370470618TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:16:39 | 80 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370470635TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:44:34 | 78 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370473675TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:44:34 | 78 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370473674TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:44:34 | 78 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370473673TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:44:34 | 156 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370473672TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:45:11 | 147 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370473734TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:49:31 | 154 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370475116TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:53:47 | 77 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370475510TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:53:47 | 77 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370475509TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:57:47 | 148 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370475788TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 14:57:50 | 74 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370475803TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:07:40 | 79 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370476764TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:11:00 | 78 | 999.00 | XLON | 00370477058TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:16:07 | 161 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370477611TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:18:47 | 38 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370477858TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:18:47 | 111 | 1,000.00 | XLON | 00370477857TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:22:27 | 233 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370478019TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:28:14 | 79 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370478320TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:28:14 | 79 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370478319TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:28:14 | 79 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370478318TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:28:14 | 79 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370478317TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:33:52 | 150 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370478796TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:37:30 | 78 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370479070TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:44:07 | 114 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370479617TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:44:07 | 121 | 999.50 | XLON | 00370479616TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:45:05 | 77 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370479691TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:45:05 | 77 | 998.50 | XLON | 00370479690TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:47:02 | 75 | 998.00 | XLON | 00370479862TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:47:04 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370479864TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 15:52:28 | 161 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370480309TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:05:22 | 13 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481387TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:05:22 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481386TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 8 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481594TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481601TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 88 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481600TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481599TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481598TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481597TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 75 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481596TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:08:23 | 54 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370481595TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:15:16 | 374 | 997.50 | XLON | 00370482210TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:16:50 | 299 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370482380TRLO1 |
| 14 January 2026 16:17:38 | 302 | 997.00 | XLON | 00370482474TRLO1 |
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, Workday Services, and Workday Products.
Digital Services
Our Digital Services customers face a range of business challenges, 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., 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 600 global customers use one or more of our products, with adoption growing rapidly.
Our people
Our people are central to our success. We employ more than 3,100 people in 18 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Find out more
You can discover more about us at www.kainos.com.
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