13 October 2021
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (the "Company")
Share Incentive Plan
The Company announces that on 13 October 2021, it issued 406,386 ordinary shares of £0.0001 each to Solium Trustee (UK) Limited at a price of £0.0001 per share. The shares were issued in satisfaction of free share awards made to eligible participants under the Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), including those Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility of the Company (each a "PDMR") outlined below. The shares rank equally with existing issued ordinary shares.
Eligible employees have been granted 633 free shares each, representing approximately £3,600 which is the maximum amount permitted under the relevant legislation. The free shares were awarded on 13 October 2021 and are subject to a 3-year forfeiture period.
Details of the free shares allotted to PDMRs under the SIP are set out below:
| Name of PDMR | Number of Free Shares |
| Gurdial (Gordon) Sanghera (Director) | 633 |
| Clive Brown (Director) | 633 |
| Timothy Cowper (Director) | 633 |
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
Clive Brown - award of free shares under the Share Incentive Plan
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Clive 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 | Award of free shares under the Company's Share Incentive Plan |
| c) | Price
Volume
Total | Nil
633
Nil
|
| d) | Aggregated Price
Aggregated volume
Aggregated Total | N/A
|
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 October 2021 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
Timothy Cowper - award of free shares under the Share Incentive Plan
| 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 | Award of free shares under the Company's Share Incentive Plan |
| c) | Price
Volume
Total | Nil
633
Nil
|
| d) | Aggregated Price
Aggregated volume
Aggregated Total | N/A
|
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 October 2021 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
Gurdial (Gordon) Sanghera - award of free shares under the Share Incentive Plan
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Gurdial Sanghera |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive 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 | Award of free shares under the Company's Share Incentive Plan |
| c) | Price
Volume
Total | Nil
633
Nil
|
| d) | Aggregated Price
Aggregated volume
Aggregated Total | N/A
|
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 October 2021 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
For further information, please contact:
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
media@nanoporetech.com
Tulchan Group (communications adviser to the Company)
Tom Murray, Olivia Peters, Deborah Roney
+44 (0) 20 7353 4200 OxfordNanopore@tulchangroup.com
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