6th Jun 2005 15:00
Oxford Biomedica PLC06 June 2005 Oxford BioMedica plc ("the Company") Directors' Interest in Shares and Share Options Oxford BioMedica (OXB:L) The Company today announced that Peter Nolan and AndrewWood, both directors of the Company, have exercised options over 153,470 and 176,799 1p ordinary shares respectively. The options which have been exercised were granted on 24 September 1998, and ifnot exercised, would otherwise lapse on 24 September 2005. Peter Nolan andAndrew Wood have sold today 93,512 and 107,727 shares respectively at 32.0 penceper share, this being the amount necessary to fund the exercise of the optionsand the associated tax liability. The remaining shares, 59,958 and 69,072respectively, have been retained, increasing both directors' holdings of 1pordinary shares. The total interests of Peter Nolan and Andrew Wood in the Company's 1p ordinaryshares and share options following these transactions are: Shares Share options Peter Nolan 147,738 730,028Andrew Wood 198,022 1,065,891 The exercise price for the options exercised today was 11p per share. The newlyallotted shares are subject to a block listing, so are already listed. Includingthese shares, the total number of the Company's issued 1p ordinary shares is now375,540,162. Andrew WoodCompany Secretary, Oxford BioMedica plc6 June 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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