Result of AGM

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

12 June 2023

 

12 June 2023

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

(the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

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 26 April 2023, 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 2022	598,453,596	100.00%	1,033	0.00%	598,454,629	72.28	280,755
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022	592,811,165	99.56%	2,623,223	0.44%	595,434,388	71.91	3,300,996
3.	To elect Duncan Tatton-Brown as a director of the Company	591,248,160	98.77%	7,377,936	1.23%	598,626,096	72.30	109,288
4.	To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director of the Company.	586,212,557	97.91%	12,515,759	2.09%	598,728,316	72.31	7,068
5.	To re-elect Clive Brown as a director of the Company	596,970,020	99.78%	1,340,598	0.22%	598,310,618	72.26	424,766
6.	To re-elect Timothy Cowper as a director of the Company	596,826,363	99.75%	1,486,049	0.25%	598,312,412	72.26	422,972
7.	To re-elect Sarah Gordon Wild as a director of the Company	584,609,837	97.90%	12,518,479	2.10%	597,128,316	72.12	1,607,068
8.	To re-elect Dr Guy Harmelin as a director of the Company	572,817,551	95.67%	25,910,765	4.33%	598,728,316	72.31	7,068
9.	To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a director of the Company	566,783,715	95.43%	27,112,846	4.57%	593,896,561	71.73	4,838,823
10.	To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the Company	572,016,953	95.54%	26,709,363	4.46%	598,726,316	72.31	9,068
11.	To re-elect Dr Gurdial (Gordon) Sanghera as a director of the Company	549,393,123	92.01%	47,684,889	7.99%	597,078,012	72.11	1,657,372
12.	To re-elect Dr James (Spike) Willcocks as a director of the Company.	597,042,698	99.79%	1,271,166	0.21%	598,313,864	72.26	421,520
13.	To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company	598,703,672	100.00%	24,797	0.00%	598,728,469	72.31	6,915
14.	To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	598,667,218	99.99%	63,251	0.01%	598,730,469	72.31	4,915
15.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	591,166,690	98.77%	7,380,042	1.23%	598,546,732	72.29	8,652
16.	To disapply pre-emption rights*	598,626,103	99.99%	71,647	0.01%	598,697,750	72.31	37,634
17.	To further disapply pre-emption rights*	595,205,512	99.42%	3,492,238	0.58%	598,697,750	72.31	37,634
18.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases*	598,612,295	99.99%	78,359	0.01%	598,690,654	72.31	44,730
19.	To authorise the Company to hold any general meeting (other than an Annual General Meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	595,535,479	99.47%	3,186,083	0.53%	598,721,562	72.31	13,822
20.	To authorise UK political expenditure not exceeding £100,000	589,972,140	98.54%	8,716,231	1.46%	598,688,371	72.31	47,013

     *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 827,997,259.

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.

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Enquiries:

Hannah Coote, Company Secretary

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