Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

01 July 2022

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (the "Company")

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

The Company today announces in respect of the month ended 30 June 2022, the issue of 512,323 ordinary shares of £0.0001 each ("Ordinary Shares"), following the exercise of options granted under the Company's share option plans and shares issued under the Company's Share Incentive Plan.

Such Ordinary Shares were also admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the Company's block listing facility. Following this issue, the Company has the ability to admit a further 29,533,576 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.

In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, the Company announces that as at 30 June 2022, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 823,636,945 Ordinary Shares, one class A limited anti-takeover ("LAT") share of £1.00, one class B LAT share of £1.00 and one class C LAT share of £1.00. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury. Only the Ordinary Shares are voting shares and each such Ordinary Share carries one vote per Ordinary Share. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 30 June 2022 is 823,636,945. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Investors

ir@nanoporetech.com 

Media 

media@nanoporetech.com

oxfordnanoporetechnologies@tulchangroup.com