Holding in Company

RNS Number : 3192Z

Oxford Biomedica PLC

12 January 2011

For immediate release

12 January 2011

Oxford BioMedica Plc

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Oxford BioMedica Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

JP Morgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

JP Morgan Asset Management UK Limited

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

10 January 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 January 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5% upwards

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0006648157	N/a	N/a			83,733,144		8.86%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

83,733,144

8.86%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

JP Morgan Asset Management UK Limited 83,833,144 (8.86%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: