Director's Dealings

 ("Abcam" or "the Company")

Director's Dealings

Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), the rapidly growing bioscience company that markets antibodies via its own online catalogue, was notified today that on 10 March 2011, Jeff Iliffe, an Executive Director of the Company, exercised share options over 3,000 ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 62.4 pence per share. He transferred these 3,000 shares to his wife, Keren Williams, who sold them at a price of 397.1375p per Ordinary Share. Following these transactions, Mr Iliffe's total beneficial interest in the Company is 2,960 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.002 per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company. 

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About Abcam plc

Abcam is a producer and distributor of research-grade antibodies and related products, headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with US offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California, and Far East offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Abcam was admitted to AIM in November 2005 and trades under the ticker symbol ABC. The Company produces and distributes its own and third-party products to academic and commercial users throughout the world. Product ordering is available through the Company's website www.abcam.com, where customers are also able to access up-to-date and detailed technical product data sheets. All products are sold under the Abcam brand name and the Company's vision is to build the world's largest online resource of high-quality and commercially viable antibodies. Abcam now has an online catalogue of over 70,000 products, most of which are antibodies, from over 250 suppliers and employs 290 staff.