16 December 2024

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (the "Company")

Appointment of Senior Independent Director

The Company is pleased to announce that Kate Priestman has been appointed as Senior Independent Director with immediate effect. Kate has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 13 July 2023 and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

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For further information, please contact:

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

Investors:         ir@nanoporetech.com

Media:              media@nanoporetech.com

Teneo (communications adviser to the Company)

Tom Murray, Olivia Peters

+44 (0) 20 7353 4200

OxfordNanoporeTechnologies@teneo.com

About Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc:

Oxford Nanopore Technologies' goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The Group has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that is currently used for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.  Oxford Nanopore's technology also has the potential to provide broad, high impact, rapid insights in a number of areas including healthcare, food and agriculture. 

For more information please visit: www.nanoporetech.com