13 May 2024
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (the "Company")
Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") PDMR Notification
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
The Company has been notified by Solium Trustee (UK) Limited, the trustee of the SIP (the "SIP Trustee") that on 13 May 2024, it made an award of Partnership Shares (as defined in the SIP) of 131 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 131 Ordinary Shares on behalf of Nick Keher, a director of the Company and a PDMR. The Ordinary Shares were purchased using each participating employee's gross salary at a price of £1.14 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 13 May 2024, the Company issued 131 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 131 Ordinary Shares to the SIP Trustee to hold on behalf of Nick Keher 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) | 131 | 131 |
| Nick Keher (Director) | 131 | 131 |
This announcement is made pursuant to the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
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 Operating Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 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 of £0.0001 each
GB00BP6S8Z30 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares under the SIP, held through the SIP Trustee. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price |
131 shares £149.34 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 May 2024 | ||||
| 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 Operating Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 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 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(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price |
131 shares Nil | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 May 2024 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
Nick Keher - purchase of shares under the SIP
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Nick Keher | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 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 of £0.0001 each
GB00BP6S8Z30 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares under the SIP, held through the SIP Trustee. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price |
131 shares £149.34 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 May 2024 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
Nick Keher - issue of new shares under the SIP
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Nick Keher | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 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 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(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price |
131 shares Nil | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 May 2024 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
Enquiries:
Investors
ir@nanoporetech.com
Media
media@nanoporetech.com
OxfordNanoporeTechnologies@teneo.com
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