Result of AGM

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

04 June 2026

 

04 June 2026

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 1 May 2026, 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 and consider the Directors' report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and Auditor's Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2025	644,479,235	99.99%	53,609	0.01%	644,532,844	66.25%	5,809,438
2.	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025	635,703,914	98.61%	8,979,992	1.39%	644,683,906	66.26%	5,658,376
3.	To elect Francis Van Parys as a director of the Company	644,496,369	99.95%	346,047	0.05%	644,842,416	66.28%	5,499,866
4.	To re-elect Dr Sarah Fortune as a director of the Company	642,145,731	98.77%	8,001,129	1.23%	650,146,860	66.82%	195,422
5.	To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a director of the Company	641,793,032	98.72%	8,342,451	1.28%	650,135,483	66.82%	206,799
6.	To re-elect Nicholas Keher as a director of the Company	644,012,773	99.05%	6,193,516	0.95%	650,206,289	66.83%	135,993
7.	To re-elect Dr Daniel Mahony as a director of the Company	642,158,034	99.60%	2,599,012	0.40%	644,757,046	66.27%	5,585,236
8.	To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the Company	641,833,262	99.55%	2,923,769	0.45%	644,757,031	66.27%	5,585,251
9.	To re-elect Dr Heather Preston as a director of the Company	641,939,772	98.74%	8,206,188	1.26%	650,145,960	66.82%	196,322
10.	To re-elect Katherine (Kate) Priestman as a director of the Company	642,128,939	98.77%	8,017,121	1.23%	650,146,060	66.82%	196,222
11.	To re-elect Duncan Tatton-Brown as a director of the Company	615,129,122	94.62%	34,986,815	5.38%	650,115,937	66.82%	226,345
12.	To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company	638,710,166	99.10%	5,822,215	0.90%	644,532,381	66.25%	5,809,901
13.	To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	639,055,685	99.11%	5,769,712	0.89%	644,825,397	66.28%	5,516,885
14.	To authorise the board of directors to allot shares	622,831,323	96.59%	21,984,854	3.41%	644,816,177	66.28%	5,526,105
15.	To disapply pre-emption rights*	625,847,515	97.07%	18,881,645	2.93%	644,729,160	66.27%	5,613,122
16.	To further disapply pre-emption rights*	620,910,261	96.31%	23,811,090	3.69%	644,721,351	66.27%	5,620,931
17.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases*	644,443,311	99.94%	368,535	0.06%	644,811,846	66.28%	5,530,436
18.	To authorise the Company to hold any general meeting (other than an Annual General Meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	631,898,194	97.99%	12,938,231	2.01%	644,836,425	66.28%	5,505,857
19.	To authorise UK political expenditure not exceeding £100,000	642,283,505	99.77%	1,512,176	0.23%	643,795,681	66.17%	6,546,601

* 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 972,930,353.

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.

4.   The Board appreciates the support shown by shareholders for the resolutions at today's AGM.

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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About Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc:

Oxford Nanopore Technologies' goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The Group has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that is currently used for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.  Oxford Nanopore's technology also has the potential to provide broad, high impact, rapid insights in a number of areas including healthcare, food and agriculture. Oxford Nanopore Technologies products are for Research Use Only (RUO). Products labelled/branded as Oxford Nanopore Diagnostics may be RUO or may be regulated as in‐vitro diagnostic devices in some jurisdictions, please check individual product labelling. For more information, please visit: https://nanoporetech.com/

 

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