Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 1485U

Oxford Biomedica PLC

18 June 2009

 



For immediate release

18 June 2009

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:				Barclays PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):				Barclays Global Investors Ltd Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd Gerrard Investment Management Ltd
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):				16 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:				17 June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				7% to 6%
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	37,691,757	37,691,757	38,387,642		0		38,387,642	0.00%		7.12%

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
38,387,642	7.12%

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

Barclays Global Investors Ltd Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd Gerrard Investment Management Ltd

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:
13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Andrew Wood
15. Contact telephone name:	01865 783000

 

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