30 September 2022

OTAQ PLC

("OTAQ", or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

OTAQ, the marine technology products and solutions group for the global aquaculture, offshore oil and gas industries and geotracking sectors, announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1-11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12-13 were passed as special resolutions. The proxy votes received from shareholders on each resolution are set out below.

Resolutions

For

For

Against

Against

Total

Votes

Votes

(incl.

(% of

(% of

number of

cast (%

Withheld

discretionar

votes

votes

votes cast

of issued

y)

cast)

cast)

share

capital)

1

To receive, consider and adopt the

Directors' Report and the Company's

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

Annual Accounts for the financial

year ended 31 March 2022

2

To approve the Directors'

Remuneration Report for the

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

financial year ended 31 March 2022

3

To re-elect Matthew Jonathan

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

Enright

4

To re-elect Philip David Newby

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

5

To re-elect William George Watt

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

6

To re-elect Sarah Emily Stoten

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

7

To re-elect Alexander Robert Hambro

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

8

To elect Malcolm David Foster Pye

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

9

To reappoint RSM UK Audit LLP as

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

the Company's auditors

10

To authorise the Directors to

determine the remuneration of the

11,380,395

100%

Nil

Nil

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

auditors.

11

To empower the Directors to allot

securities up to an aggregate nominal

11,374,349

99.95%

6,046

0.05%

11,380,395

30.14%

Nil

amount of £1,887,902.60

Special Resolutions

12

To approve the general disapplication

of pre-emption rights, up to an

11,374,349

99.95%

6,046

0.05%

30.14%

aggregate nominal amount of

11,380,395

Nil

£283,185.39

13

To approve the specific disapplication

of pre-emption rights, up to a further

11,374,349

99.95%

6,046

0.05%

30.14%

aggregate nominal amount of

11,380,395

Nil

£283,185.39

Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution or the total number of votes cast.

Copies of the resolutions required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 have been submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for

inspection on the National Storage Mechanism website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Enquiries:

OTAQ PLC

Via Walbrook

Alex Hambro, Non-Executive Chairman

Phil Newby, Chief Executive Officer

Matt Enright, Chief Financial Officer

Dowgate Capital Ltd (Broker & Adviser)

020 3903 7715

David Poutney/James Serjeant

Nicholas Chambers/Russell Cook

Walbrook PR Ltd

Tel: 020 7933 8780 or Otaq@walbrookpr.com

Tom Cooper/Nick Rome

0797 122 1972 or 07748 325 236

About OTAQ

OTAQ is a highly innovative technology company focused on the aquaculture, offshore and geotracking sectors. It operates in four worldwide locations: Lancaster, Aberdeen and Ulverston in the UK and Puerto Montt in Chile.

The Company's Oceansenseleak detection systems have a global reputation as the industry standard solution and have been deployed successfully on hundreds of jobs. OTAQ's Dragonfish laser measurement system is fast becoming recognised as one of the most accurate underwater precision laser measurement systems available. OTAQ also has significant experience in the design and manufacture of underwater connectors, penetrators and communication systems.

It seeks to develop and continuously improve its product range for OTAQ's increasingly global multisector client base using its specialist mechanical, electronic and software engineers with decades of experience in bringing technology products to market. Concurrently, OTAQ seeks to expand its technology portfolio through acquisitive growth, with the aim of further expanding its aquaculture, geotracking and offshore product offering.

OTAQ is proud to be fully ISO 9001:2015 accredited through DNV-GL. ISO 9001 is an internationally recognised quality management system and demonstrates OTAQ's commitment to consistency, continual improvement and customer satisfaction. The certification also demonstrates its ability to consistently deliver products and services to market whilst meeting statutory and regulatory requirements by applying an effective quality management system.

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