Result of AGM; Director Responsibilities

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

10 June 2024

 

10 June 2024

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

(the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting; Changes to Director Roles and Responsibilities

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held earlier today. All resolutions, as set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 30 April 2024, were passed by the appropriate majority on a poll. Details of the poll results are set out below.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

No.	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	To receive the Directors' Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and Auditor's Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2023	469,892,189	99.99%	26,641	0.01%	469,918,830	54.46	311,222
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023	465,905,694	99.12%	4,143,296	0.88%	470,048,990	54.48	181,062
3.	To elect Dr Sarah Fortune as a director of the Company	466,325,259	99.18%	3,849,452	0.82%	470,174,711	54.49	55,341
4.	To elect Nicholas Keher as a director of the Company	469,870,281	99.97%	162,771	0.03%	470,033,052	54.48	197,000
5.	To elect Dr Heather Preston as a director of the Company	466,322,469	99.21%	3,709,228	0.79%	470,031,697	54.48	198,355
6.	To elect Katherine (Kate) Priestman as a director of the Company	466,300,925	99.18%	3,861,923	0.82%	470,162,848	54.49	67,204
7.	To re-elect Dr Guy Harmelin as a director of the Company	464,917,610	98.91%	5,104,486	1.09%	470,022,096	54.47	207,956
8.	To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a director of the Company	460,470,500	97.94%	9,680,162	2.06%	470,150,662	54.49	79,390
9.	To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the Company	464,999,629	99.59%	1,908,185	0.41%	466,907,814	54.11	3,322,238
10.	To re-elect Dr Gurdial (Gordon) Sanghera as a director of the Company	461,914,297	98.45%	7,270,009	1.55%	469,184,306	54.38	1,045,746
11.	To re-elect Duncan Tatton-Brown as a director of the Company	464,847,803	98.87%	5,309,918	1.13%	470,157,721	54.49	72,331
12.	To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company	466,464,788	99.20%	3,738,930	0.80%	470,203,718	54.50	26,334
13.	To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	466,575,139	99.23%	3,628,978	0.77%	470,204,117	54.50	25,935
14.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	460,676,251	97.98%	9,509,239	2.02%	470,185,490	54.49	44,562
15.	To disapply pre-emption rights*	464,705,201	98.83%	5,484,342	1.17%	470,189,543	54.49	40,509
16.	To further disapply pre-emption rights*	445,793,600	94.81%	24,398,368	5.19%	470,191,968	54.49	38,084
17.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases*	469,870,163	99.94%	284,177	0.06%	470,154,340	54.49	75,712
18.	To authorise the Company to hold any general meeting (other than an Annual General Meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	464,596,748	98.80%	5,622,100	1.20%	470,218,848	54.50	11,204
19.	To authorise UK political expenditure not exceeding £100,000	465,736,594	99.09%	4,299,448	0.91%	470,036,042	54.48	194,010

     *Special Resolution

NOTES:

1.   Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

2.   The total number of ordinary shares in issue and eligible to be voted on at the AGM was 862,829,513.

3.   A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital voted" for any resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be available shortly on the Company's website at https://nanoporetech.com/about-us/investors/shareholder-information.

Director Roles and Responsibilities

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.11(3), the Company announces that John O'Higgins, a Non-Executive Director, has been appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee on an interim basis with effect from today.

As previously disclosed, Tim Cowper, Dr Spike Willcocks, and Wendy Becker, the previous Chair of the Remuneration Committee, stepped down from the Board at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting earlier today.

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Enquiries:

Hannah Coote, Company Secretary

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