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.

 

-ENDS-

Enquiries:

Hannah Coote, Company Secretary

cosec@nanoporetech.com 

 

 

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