Holding(s) in Company

Oxford Biomedica PLC
06 August 2002

OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC ('the Company')

HOLDING IN COMPANY


The Company was informed on 06 August 2002 that Prudential plc and certain of
its other subsidiary companies held, on that date, 13,000,000 ordinary shares in
the Company representing 5.44 per cent. of the issued share capital of the
Company.


06 August 2002


Further information

Andrew Wood, Oxford BioMedica plc
01865 783 000


Matthew Wood, Evolution Beeson Gregory
020 7488 4040


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