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Oxford BioMedicaAnnouncement

14/07/2017 16:50

RNS Number : 1703L
Oxford Biomedica PLC
14 July 2017
Director/PDMR Share Dealings 
Oxford, UK - 14 July 2017:Oxford BioMedica plc ("Oxford BioMedica" or "the Company") (LSE: OXB), a leading gene and cell therapy group, was informed that on 13 July 2017 Kyriacos Mitrophanous, Chief Scientific Officer, and his wife have exercised 1,499,484 share options at prices set out below and sold all of the resulting shares at 8.7p.
Number of options exercised
Exercise price (p)
1,170,000
1.0
73,622
1.56
75,094
2.03
63,479
2.83
81,200
3.1
36,089
5.4
Following this transaction Dr Mitrophanous and his wife hold 7,453,956 options and 150,000 shares in the company. The issued share capital of the Company is 3,093,846,939 1p ordinary shares.
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For further information, please contact:
Oxford BioMedica plc:
John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer
Tim Watts, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1865 783 000
Financial and corporate communications enquiries:
Consilium Strategic Communications
Mary-Jane Elliott/Matthew Neal/Chris Welsh/Laura Thornton
Tel: +44 (0)20 3709 5700
Notes for editors
About Oxford BioMedica
Oxford BioMedica (LSE:OXB) is a leading gene and cell therapy company 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) through which the Group develops 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, Sanofi, GSK, and Immune Design, 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 250 people. Further information is available at www.oxfordbiomedica.co.uk.

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