Director dealings: Kainos' Paul Gannon lowers stake

Kainos Group revealed on Thursday that senior vice president of business development Paul Gannon had disposed of 200,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed software firm.

Gannon, who joined the board of Kainos in 2006, sold the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 1,801.0p each, for a total value of £3.6m.

Following the transaction, Gannon and persons closely associated with him held 7.16m ordinary shares in Kainos, representing approximately 5.81% of the issued share capital of the company.

As of 1615 BST, Kainos shares were down 2.07% at 1,802.0p.

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