Oxford Biomedica PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9895G)

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RNS Number : 9895G

Oxford Biomedica PLC

20 March 2020

Director Dealings / Market Share Purchase

Oxford, UK - 20 March 2020: Oxford BioMedica plc ("Oxford BioMedica" or "the Group") (LSE: OXB), a leading gene and cell therapy group, today announces that Vulpes Testudo Fund, a person closely associated with Martin Diggle, Non-Executive Director, has purchased 7,378 ordinary shares of 50p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company on 18 March 2020 on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 382.9p per share. Following this purchase Vulpes Testudo/Vulpes Life Sciences Fund holds 11,676,018 ordinary shares representing 15.2% of the Company.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further detail of the number of Ordinary Shares purchased.

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging material responsibilities/person 
       closely associated 
 a.   Name                                         Vulpes Testudo Fund 
 2.   Reason for the notification 
 a.   Position/status                              Person closely associated with Martin 
                                                    Diggle, Non-Executive Director 
 b.   Initial notification                         Initial notification 
       /amendment 
3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance, market 
       participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction 
       monitor 
 a.   Name                                         Oxford Biomedica plc 
 b.   Legal Entity Identifier                      213800S1GVQNXQ15K851 
4.    Details of the transaction(s); section to be repeated 
       for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of 
       transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place 
       where transactions have been conducted 
 a.   Description of                               Oxford Biomedica plc Ordinary Shares 
       the financial                                of 50p each 
       instrument, type                             GB00BDFBVT43 
       of instrument 
       identification 
       code 
b.    Nature of the                                Purchase of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
c.    Currency                                     GBP - British Pound 
d.    Price(s) and volume(s)                             Price(s)               Volume(s) 
                                 GBP3.83                                          7,378 
 
e.          Aggregated information                 7,378 
              *    Aggregated volume                GBP3.829 
                                                    GBP28,250.63 
 
              *    Price 
 
 
              *    Aggregated total 
f.    Date of the transaction                      2020-03-18 
g.    Place of the transaction                     London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) 
 

The issued share capital of the Group is 76,886,365 ordinary 50p shares.

-Ends-

 
 For further information, please contact: 
  Oxford Biomedica plc:                      Tel: [phone] 
   Natalie Walter, Company Secretary 
 

About Oxford Biomedica

Oxford Biomedica (LSE:OXB) is a leading gene and cell therapy group focused on developing life changing treatments for serious diseases. Oxford Biomedica and its subsidiaries (the "Group") have built a sector leading lentiviral vector delivery platform (LentiVector(R) ), which the Group leverages to develop in vivo and ex vivo products both in-house and with partners. The Group has created a valuable proprietary portfolio of gene and cell therapy product candidates in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology and CNS disorders. The Group has also entered into a number of partnerships, including with Novartis, Bristo Myers Squibb, Sanofi, Axovant Gene Therapies, Orchard Therapeutics, Santen, Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium and Imperial Innovations, through which it has long-term economic interests in other potential gene and cell therapy products. Oxford Biomedica is based across several locations in Oxfordshire, UK and employs more than

550 people. Further information is available at   www.oxb.com 

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