Share Incentive Plan - Director/PDMR Shareholding
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has announced that on February 12, 2026, Nick Keher, the Chief Financial Officer and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, acquired 105 Partnership Shares at £1.43 per share through the Share Incentive Plan, costing £150.15. Concurrently, the company issued 105 Matching Shares to the Share Incentive Plan trustee on behalf of Mr. Keher, with no associated cost to him. This notification is made in accordance with UK Market Abuse Regulation.
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The Company has been notified by Computershare Trustees Limited, the trustee of the SIP (the "SIP Trustee") that on 12 February 2026, it made an award of Partnership Shares (as defined in the SIP) of 105 ordinary shares of £0.0001 ("Ordinary Shares") on behalf of Nick Keher, a director of the Company and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"). The Ordinary Shares were purchased using each participating employee's gross salary at a price of £1.43 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 12 February 2026, the Company issued 105 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 | ||||
| Nick Keher (Director) | 105 | 105 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| a) | Name | Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55 | ||||
| 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 | 105 shares £150.15 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 12 February 2026 | ||||
| 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 |
| a) | Name | Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55 |
| 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) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 105 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price | 105 shares Nil |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 12 February 2026 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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