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Oxford Biomedica PLC

28 May 2021

Oxford Biomedica

Result of Annual General Meeting

Oxford, UK - 28 May 2021: Oxford Biomedica plc (LSE:OXB), a leading gene and cell therapy group, announces today that all resolutions proposed were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at 3pm on 27 May 2021 in Oxford. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all resolutions were decided by poll vot e.

The full text of all the resolutions can be viewed in the Notice of Meeting by visiting the Group's website at www.oxb.com

Copies of the document setting out the above resolutions passed at the 2021 AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

On the Record Date (25 May 2021) there were 82,543,197 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue, each carrying one vote per share.

 
                                                             Votes 
                                               Votes           at 
                                                 at          other                                    Total 
             Resolution           Votes      Chairman's      proxy         Votes         Votes        votes 
                                   For       Discretion    Discretion     Against      Withheld*       cast     Result 
 
                    Ordinary resolutions 
     --------------------------------------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To receive 
       the Company's 
       Accounts, 
       the Reports 
       of the Directors 
       and Auditor 
       and the 
       Strategic 
       Report for 
       the year 
       ended 31 
       December                58,334,279      8,574                      1,440 
 1     2020                     (99.99%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.00%)      59,353      58,344,293   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To receive 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report and 
       the Report 
       of the Auditor 
       on the Remuneration 
       Report for 
       the year 
       ended 31 
       December                57,033,865      8,574                     731,131 
 2     2020                     (98.72%)      (0.01%)          0          (1.27%)      630,076     57,773,570   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration            46,429,406      8,574                    10,926,461 
 3     Policy                   (80.94%)      (0.01%)          0         (19.05%)     1,039,205    57,364,441   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To appoint 
       Dr. Roch 
       Doliveux                57,832,864      8,574                     554,706 
 4     as a Director.           (99.04%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.95%)       7,502      58,396,144   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To appoint 
       Professor 
       Dame Kay 
       Davies as               58,385,668      8,574                      1,640 
 5     a Director                (99.99)      (0.01%)          0          (0.00%)       7,764      58,395,882   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To appoint 
       Dr. Siyamak 
       Rasty as                58,325,223      8,574                      62,347 
 6     a Director               (99.88%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.11%)       7,502      58,396,144   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To reappoint 
       John Dawson             58,194,899      8,574                     192,871 
 7     as a Director            (99.66%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.33%)       7,302      58,396,344   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To reappoint 
       Stuart Paynter          58,195,041      8,574                     192,729 
 8     as a Director            (99.66%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.33%)       7,302      58,396,344   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To reappoint 
       Stuart Henderson        55,957,927      8,574                    2,423,167 
 9     as a Director            (95.84%)      (0.01%)          0          (4.15%)      13,978      58,389,668   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To reappoint 
       Dr. Heather 
       Preston                 55,966,994      8,574                    2,421,352 
 10    as a Director            (95.84%)      (0.01%)          0          (4.15%)       6,726      58,396,920   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To reappoint 
       Robert Ghenchev         58,193,434      8,574                     194,336 
 11    as a Director            (99.66%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.33%)       7,302      58,396,344   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To reappoint 
       KMPG LLP                58,376,747      8,674                      6,633 
 12    as auditor               (99.98%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.01%)      11,592      58,392,054   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to agree 
       the remuneration        57,756,307      8,574                      5,556 
 13    of the auditor           (99.98%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.01%)      633,209     57,770,437   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To amend 
       the rules 
       of the Oxford 
       Biomedica 
       2015 
       Long Term 
       Incentive               46,776,691      8,574                    10,579,473 
 14    Plan                     (81.55%)      (0.01%)          0         (18.44%)     1,038,908    57,364,738   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To amend 
       the rules 
       of the Oxford 
       Biomedica 
       2015 
       Executive 
       Share Option            46,773,232      8,574                    10,582,625   10,582,625 
 15    Scheme                   (81.54%)      (0.01%)          0         (18.45%)      (18.45%)    57,364,431   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot                55,826,926      8,574                    1,936,496 
 16    shares                   (96.64%)      (0.01%)          0          (3.35%)      631,650     57,771,996   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
                      Special resolutions 
     --------------------------------------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To authorise 
      the Directors 
      to disapplypre-emption   57,477,832      8,574                     286,354 
 17   rights                    (99.49%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.50%)      630,886     57,772,760   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To authorise 
      the Directors 
      to further 
      disapply 
      pre-emption 
      rights foracquisitions 
      and specified 
      capital                  57,477,350      8,574                     286,636 
 18   investments               (99.49%)      (0.01%)          0          (0.50%)      631,086     57,772,560   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 
      To permit 
       the Directors 
       to convene 
       general 
       meetings 
       (other than 
       annual general 
       meetings) 
       on not less 
       than 14                 56,393,012      8,574                    1,996,782 
 19    days' notice             (96.57%)      (0.01%)          0          (3.42%)       5,278      58,398,368   Passed 
     -----------------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ------- 
 

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast in respect of a resolution.

-Ends-

 
 Enquiries: 
  Oxford Biomedica plc 
   John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer 
   Stuart Paynter, Chief Financial Officer 
   Catherine Isted, Head of Corporate          T: +44 (0)1865 783 000 
   Development & IR                            T: +44 (0)1865 783 000 
                                               T: +44 (0)1865 954 161 / E: ir@oxb.com 
 Consilium Strategic Communications           T: +44 (0)20 3709 5700 
  Mary-Jane Elliott/Matthew Neal 
 

About Oxford Biomedica

Oxford Biomedica (LSE:OXB) is a leading, fully integrated, gene and cell therapy group focused on developing life changing treatments for serious diseases. Oxford Biomedica and its subsidiaries (the "Group") have built a sector leading lentiviral vector delivery platform (LentiVector(R)), which the Group leverages to develop in vivo and ex vivo products both in-house and with partners. The Group has created a valuable proprietary portfolio of gene and cell therapy product candidates in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, CNS disorders, liver diseases and respiratory disease. The Group has also entered into a number of partnerships, including with Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sio Gene Therapies, Orchard Therapeutics, Santen, Beam Therapeutics, Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium and Imperial Innovations, through which it has long-term economic interests in other potential gene and cell therapy products. Additionally the group has signed a three year master supply and development agreement with AstraZeneca for large-scale manufacturing of the adenoviral based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222. Oxford Biomedica is based across several locations in Oxfordshire, UK and employs more than 670 people. Further information is available at www.oxb.com

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