10 June 2024
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
plc
(the
"Company")
Results
of Annual General Meeting; Changes to Director Roles and
Responsibilities
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 30 April 2024, 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
2023
|
469,892,189
|
99.99%
|
26,641
|
0.01%
|
469,918,830
|
54.46
|
311,222
|
|
2.
|
To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December
2023
|
465,905,694
|
99.12%
|
4,143,296
|
0.88%
|
470,048,990
|
54.48
|
181,062
|
|
3.
|
To elect Dr Sarah Fortune as a
director of the Company
|
466,325,259
|
99.18%
|
3,849,452
|
0.82%
|
470,174,711
|
54.49
|
55,341
|
|
4.
|
To elect Nicholas Keher as a
director of the Company
|
469,870,281
|
99.97%
|
162,771
|
0.03%
|
470,033,052
|
54.48
|
197,000
|
|
5.
|
To elect Dr Heather Preston as a
director of the Company
|
466,322,469
|
99.21%
|
3,709,228
|
0.79%
|
470,031,697
|
54.48
|
198,355
|
|
6.
|
To elect Katherine (Kate) Priestman
as a director of the Company
|
466,300,925
|
99.18%
|
3,861,923
|
0.82%
|
470,162,848
|
54.49
|
67,204
|
|
7.
|
To re-elect Dr Guy Harmelin as a
director of the Company
|
464,917,610
|
98.91%
|
5,104,486
|
1.09%
|
470,022,096
|
54.47
|
207,956
|
|
8.
|
To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a
director of the Company
|
460,470,500
|
97.94%
|
9,680,162
|
2.06%
|
470,150,662
|
54.49
|
79,390
|
|
9.
|
To re-elect John O'Higgins as a
director of the Company
|
464,999,629
|
99.59%
|
1,908,185
|
0.41%
|
466,907,814
|
54.11
|
3,322,238
|
|
10.
|
To re-elect Dr Gurdial (Gordon)
Sanghera as a director of the Company
|
461,914,297
|
98.45%
|
7,270,009
|
1.55%
|
469,184,306
|
54.38
|
1,045,746
|
|
11.
|
To re-elect Duncan Tatton-Brown as a
director of the Company
|
464,847,803
|
98.87%
|
5,309,918
|
1.13%
|
470,157,721
|
54.49
|
72,331
|
|
12.
|
To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
of the Company
|
466,464,788
|
99.20%
|
3,738,930
|
0.80%
|
470,203,718
|
54.50
|
26,334
|
|
13.
|
To authorise the Audit & Risk
Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors
|
466,575,139
|
99.23%
|
3,628,978
|
0.77%
|
470,204,117
|
54.50
|
25,935
|
|
14.
|
To authorise the Directors to allot
shares
|
460,676,251
|
97.98%
|
9,509,239
|
2.02%
|
470,185,490
|
54.49
|
44,562
|
|
15.
|
To disapply pre-emption
rights*
|
464,705,201
|
98.83%
|
5,484,342
|
1.17%
|
470,189,543
|
54.49
|
40,509
|
|
16.
|
To further disapply pre-emption
rights*
|
445,793,600
|
94.81%
|
24,398,368
|
5.19%
|
470,191,968
|
54.49
|
38,084
|
|
17.
|
To authorise the Company to make
market purchases*
|
469,870,163
|
99.94%
|
284,177
|
0.06%
|
470,154,340
|
54.49
|
75,712
|
|
18.
|
To authorise the Company to hold any
general meeting (other than an Annual General Meeting) on not less
than 14 clear days' notice*
|
464,596,748
|
98.80%
|
5,622,100
|
1.20%
|
470,218,848
|
54.50
|
11,204
|
|
19.
|
To authorise UK political
expenditure not exceeding £100,000
|
465,736,594
|
99.09%
|
4,299,448
|
0.91%
|
470,036,042
|
54.48
|
194,010
|
*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
862,829,513.
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.
Director Roles and Responsibilities
In accordance with UK Listing Rule
9.6.11(3), the Company announces that John O'Higgins, a
Non-Executive Director, has been appointed Chair of the
Remuneration Committee on an interim basis with effect from
today.
As previously disclosed, Tim Cowper,
Dr Spike Willcocks, and Wendy Becker, the previous Chair of the
Remuneration Committee, stepped down from the Board at the
conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting earlier
today.
-ENDS-
Enquiries:
Hannah Coote, Company
Secretary
cosec@nanoporetech.com