Director/PDMR Shareholding - LTIP and DBP awards
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc announced the vesting of 50% of Deferred Bonus Plan awards for Nicholas Keher, its Chief Financial Officer, on April 11, 2026, resulting in the issuance of 48,920 new ordinary shares on April 14, 2026. Subsequently, Mr. Keher sold 22,993 of these shares on the London Stock Exchange for £1.0848 each, totaling £24,942.94, to cover tax liabilities arising from the award vesting.
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The Company announces the following transactions in connection with certain of its employee share plans.
Vesting of 2024 and 2025 Deferred Bonus Plan 2021 ("DBP") awards
On 11 April 2026, 50% of the DBP awards made to Nicholas Keher, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), in 2024 and 2025 vested and the awards were satisfied through the issue of new ordinary shares of £0.0001 each ("Shares") on 14 April 2026 as follows:
| Nicholas Keher (Director) | 48,920 |
Nicholas Keher then sold sufficient Shares to meet his tax liabilities in respect of the vesting of his award.
Nicholas Keher - Issue of new shares under the DBP
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Nicholas 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 | Vesting of awards made under the Deferred Bonus Plan 2021 |
| c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 48,920 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price | 48,920 Nil |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 14 April 2026 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
Nicholas Keher - Sale of new shares under the DBP
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Nicholas 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 | Sale | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price | 22,993 £24,942.94 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 14 April 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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