Holding in Company

Cambridge Antibody Tech Group PLC
9 January 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Cambridge Antibody Technology

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Searle Belgium S.A.

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
As in 2

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
As in 2

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Nil

6   Percentage of issued class:
Nil

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
138,863

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.39%

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 10p shares

10  Date of transaction:
Not disclosed

11  Date company informed:
9 January 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,731,974

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.91%

14  Contact name for queries:
Diane Mellett

15 Contact telephone number:
01763 263233

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Company Secretary

17  Date of notification:
9 January 2001


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