Holding(s) in Company

Oxford Biomedica PLC
26 January 2005


Oxford BioMedica plc (the 'Company')

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

The Company has received notification from Prelude Trust plc that on 24 January
2005, Prelude Trust plc sold 5,500,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in Oxford
BioMedica plc. Prelude Trust plc previously held 15,937,346 shares, and
following this sale, the holding of Prelude Trust plc was 10,437,346 1p ordinary
shares. This represents less than 3% of the presently issued share capital of
the Company, which stands at 372,707,968 shares.

Andrew Wood
Chief Financial Officer
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