Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLCLSE: ONT

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Share Incentive Plan - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Summary by 6ix AI

On October 14, 2026, the trustee of Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc's Share Incentive Plan, Computershare Trustees Limited, bought 70 ordinary shares for Chief Executive Officer Francis Van Parys and 69 for Chief Financial Officer Nick Keher at £2.15 per share, paid from their gross salary.

Key details

  • Francis Van Parys's purchase totalled £150.50 and Nick Keher's totalled £148.35, both on the London Stock Exchange.
  • Under the plan, each participating employee receives one free matching share for each share bought. On October 14, 2026, the company issued 70 new ordinary shares to the trustee for Francis Van Parys and 69 for Nick Keher to cover these matching shares, at a price of nil.
  • The shares are ordinary shares of £0.0001 each, held for the two directors through the plan trustee.
  • Both men are directors of the company and are classed as persons discharging managerial responsibilities, meaning senior managers whose share dealings must be disclosed under UK market abuse rules.

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14 October 2026

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 Computershare Trustees Limited, the trustee of the SIP (the "SIP Trustee") that on 14 October 2026, it made an award of Partnership Shares (as defined in the SIP) of 70 Ordinary shares of £0.0001 each ("Ordinary Shares") on behalf of Francis Van Parys, a director of the Company and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") and 69 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 £2.15 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 14 October 2026, the Company issued 70 Ordinary Shares to the SIP Trustee to hold on behalf of Francis Van Parys to satisfy the Matching Shares awarded under the SIP to him on that date, and 69 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

Francis Van Parys (Director)

70

70

Nick Keher (Director)

69

69

This announcement is made pursuant to the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Francis Van Parys - purchase of shares under the SIP

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Francis Van Parys

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive 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)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£2.15

70

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Aggregated price

70 shares

£150.50

e)

Date of the transaction

14 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Francis Van Parys - issue of new shares under the SIP

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Francis Van Parys

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive 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)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

70

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Aggregated price

70 shares

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

14 October 2026

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)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£2.15

69

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Aggregated price

69 shares

£148.35

e)

Date of the transaction

14 October 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

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)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

69

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Aggregated price

69 shares

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

14 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:

Investors

ir@nanoporetech.com 

Media 

media@nanoporetech.com

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