Share Incentive Plan - Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5558E

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

11 March 2022

 

11 March 2022

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (the "Company")

Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") PDMR Notification

The Company has been notified by Solium Trustee (UK) Limited, the trustee of the SIP (the "SIP Trustee") that on 11 March 2022, it made an award of Partnership Shares (as defined in the SIP) of 37 ordinary shares of £0.0001 each ("Ordinary Shares") on behalf of Tim Cowper, a director of the Company and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") and 37 Ordinary Shares on behalf of Clive Brown, a director of the Company and a PDMR.  The Ordinary Shares were purchased using each participating employee's gross salary at a price of £4.03 per Ordinary Share.

Under the SIP, the SIP Trustee will award each participating employee one Matching Share (as defined in the SIP) for each Ordinary Share purchased by the employee under the SIP. On 11 March 2022, the Company issued 37 Ordinary Shares to the SIP Trustee to hold on behalf of Tim Cowper to satisfy the Matching Shares awarded under the SIP to him on that date, and 37 Ordinary Shares to the SIP Trustee to hold on behalf of Clive Brown to satisfy the Matching Shares awarded under the SIP to him on that date.

Further details of the transactions referred to above by the SIP Trustee are set out below:

Name of PDMR	Number of Partnership Shares	Number of Matching Shares
Tim Cowper (Director)	37	37
Clive Brown (Director)	37	37

This announcement is made pursuant to the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Tim Cowper - purchase of shares under the SIP

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Timothy Cowper
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial/Amendment notification	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
b)	LEI	213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.0001 each GB00BP6S8Z30
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares under the SIP, held through the SIP Trustee.
c)	Price Volume Total	£4.03 37 £149.11
d)	Aggregated Price Aggregated volume Aggregated Total	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	11 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Tim Cowper - issue of new shares under the SIP

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Timothy Cowper
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial/Amendment notification	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
b)	LEI	213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.0001 each GB00BP6S8Z30
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Matching Shares through an issue of Ordinary Shares under the SIP, held through the SIP Trustee
c)	Price Volume Total	Nil 37 Nil
d)	Aggregated Price Aggregated volume Aggregated Total	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	11 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Clive Brown - purchase of shares under the SIP

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Clive Gavin Brown
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Technology Officer
b)	Initial/Amendment notification	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
b)	LEI	213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.0001 each GB00BP6S8Z30
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares under the SIP, held through the SIP Trustee.
c)	Price Volume Total	£4.03 37 £149.11
d)	Aggregated Price Aggregated volume Aggregated Total	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	11 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Clive Brown - issue of new shares under the SIP

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Clive Gavin Brown
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Technology Officer
b)	Initial/Amendment notification	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
b)	LEI	213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.0001 each GB00BP6S8Z30
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Matching Shares through an issue of Ordinary Shares under the SIP, held through the SIP Trustee
c)	Price Volume Total	Nil 37 Nil
d)	Aggregated Price Aggregated volume Aggregated Total	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	11 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

For further information, please contact:

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

Investors:  [e-mail]

Media:  [e-mail]

Tulchan Group (communications adviser to the Company)

Tom Murray, Olivia Peters, Deborah Roney

[phone] 

[e-mail]

 

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