Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4236O

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

07 October 2021

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BP6S8Z30

Issuer Name

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

Other

Comments

IPO of Issuer

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Acacia Research Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Merton Oxford Holdings LLC	New York, New York	United States of America

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

05-Oct-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

07-Oct-2021

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.400000	0.000000	4.400000	35059500
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BP6S8Z30	35059500		4.400000
Sub Total 8.A	35059500		4.400000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Acacia Research Corporation		4.400000		4.400000%
Merton Acquisition Hold-co LLC		4.400000		4.400000%
Merton Oxford Holdings LLC		4.400000		4.400000%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

Merton Oxford Holdings LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC. Merton Ac-quisition Holdco LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation.

12. Date of Completion

07-Oct-2021

13. Place Of Completion

New York, New York, USA

 

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