Director Shareholding

Microgen PLC
13 February 2002


www.microgen.co.uk

Microgen plc announces today that the following Directors purchased Placing 
Shares in Microgen plc at a price of 84p:
 
Director:                                              P F Barbour 
Number of Shares:                                           59,524 
Shares held following this notification:                 6,865,327 
Percentage of issued share capital:                         12.19%

Director:                                                 P Davies 
Number of Shares:                                            8,929 
Shares held following this notification:                    78,929 
Percentage of issued share capital:                          0.14%

Director:                                             R T L Kanter      
Number of Shares:                                            8,929 
Shares held following this notification:                    79,129 
Percentage of issued share capital:                          0.14%

Director:                                             M S Phillips
Number of Shares:                                            5,953
Shares held following this notification:                    32,953
Percentage of issued share capital:                          0.06%

Director:                                            M R Ratcliffe
Number of Shares:                                           59,524
Shares held following this notification:                 4,559,524
Percentage of issued share capital:                          8.09%

Note: The above percentages have been calculated after including the 5,116,373 
      Placing Shares which were admitted to the Official List today.
 


If you require further information please contact:

G.E. Liddle, Company Secretary         [phone]

 
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