Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7921N

Oxford Biomedica PLC

17 June 2010

For immediate release

17 June 2010

Oxford BioMedica Plc

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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:

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

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

15 June 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16 June 2010

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

From 4% to 3%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GB0006648157	Situation previous to the triggering transaction				Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 22,476,084		Number of voting rights 22,476,084		Number of shares 21,605,215	Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
						Direct 21,605,215		Indirect	Direct 3.98%		Indirect

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights						Percentage of voting rights
21,605,215						3.98%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 21,605,215 - 3.97%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (19,907,441 - 3.66%= PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) ( 19,907,441 - 3.66%= PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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: