22 September 2026
("Kainos" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The 2026 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Kainos Group plc took place today at 10.30am.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM were carried through poll voting. The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM published on 13 August 2026 which is available on the Kainos website www.kainos.com.
Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 were passed as special resolutions. The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution.
|
|
Resolution |
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Total votes cast |
% of Issued Share Capital Voted |
Votes withheld* |
|
1 |
To receive the Company’s audited accounts and financial statements |
87,829,403 |
99.99 |
12,825 |
0.01 |
87,842,228 |
75.55 |
244,818 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report |
84,673,554 |
98.6 |
1,204,945 |
1.4 |
85,878,499 |
73.87 |
2,208,547 |
|
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 19.8 pence per ordinary share |
88,083,724 |
99.99 |
205 |
0.01 |
88,083,929 |
75.76 |
3,117 |
|
4 |
To re-elect Mr Richard McCann |
87,379,380 |
99.2 |
702,125 |
0.8 |
88,081,505 |
75.76 |
5,541 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Dr Brendan Mooney |
87,253,928 |
99.06 |
829,175 |
0.94 |
88,083,103 |
75.76 |
3,943 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Mrs Rosaleen Blair |
85,534,097 |
97.11 |
2,548,875 |
2.89 |
88,082,972 |
75.76 |
4,074 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Mr James Kidd |
86,837,340 |
98.63 |
1,204,550 |
1.37 |
88,041,890 |
75.73 |
45,156 |
|
8 |
To elect Ms Shruthi Chindalur |
86,175,885 |
98.17 |
1,608,700 |
1.83 |
87,784,585 |
75.50 |
302,461 |
|
9 |
To re-appoint KPMG as the Company’s auditor. |
88,071,029 |
99.99 |
8,873 |
0.01 |
88,079,902 |
75.76 |
7,144 |
|
10 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor |
88,077,865 |
99.99 |
3,642 |
0.01 |
88,081,507 |
75.76 |
5,539 |
|
11 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
86,189,005 |
97.85 |
1,892,790 |
2.15 |
88,081,795 |
75.76 |
5,251 |
|
12 |
To authorise a standard disapplication of pre-emption rights. |
87,708,911 |
99.58 |
372,998 |
0.42 |
88,081,909 |
75.76 |
5,137 |
|
13 |
To authorise an additional disapplication of pre-emption rights. |
79,776,251 |
90.57 |
8,303,903 |
9.43 |
88,080,154 |
75.76 |
6,892 |
|
14 |
To authorise the repurchase of shares. |
87,908,309 |
99.97 |
27,573 |
0.03 |
87,935,882 |
75.63 |
151,164 |
|
15 |
Approve the holding of any general meeting, other than an AGM, may be called by not less than 14 clear days’ notice. |
86,123,398 |
97.78 |
1,958,987 |
2.22 |
88,082,385 |
75.76 |
4,661 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "for" or "against" the Resolution.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R and 6.4.3R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
No other business was conducted at the meeting.
Kainos Group plc Legal Entity Identifier: 213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
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 develops and supports custom digital service platforms, which help customers solve key business problems such as the need to improve their service, reduce costs and increase productivity.
Workday Services is a respected Workday partner, providing a comprehensive range of services to support customers deploying Workday's Finance, HR and Planning products.
Workday Products develops proprietary software products that complement Workday, by enhancing our customers' system security and compliance and improving their document generation and storage.
Our purpose
Our purpose is to help our customers with their most challenging projects and, together with our partners, help them build the capability to succeed in the digital age.
Find out more
You can discover more about us at www.kainos.com.