RNS Number:0929I 
Oxford Glycosciences PLC 
6 August 2001 
 
 
SCHEDULE 10 
 
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 
 
1) Name of company 
 
Oxford GlycoSciences Plc 
 
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest 
 
FMR Corp. 
 
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a 
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 
 
Non-beneficial interest 
 
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
number of shares held by each of them 
 
FMR Corp: 
 
HSBC                                                                     78,210 
Fidelity International Limited: 
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                      319,500 
RBS Trust Bank                                                           69,300 
Bankers Trust                                                           288,500 
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                    12,500 
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                                 10,700 
MSS Nominees Ltd                                                          8,600 
MSS Nominees Ltd                                                         21,000 
Citibank                                                                 11,900 
Bank of New York Europe                                                  13,500 
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited                          434,466 
Bankers Trust                                                            15,500 
RBS Trust Bank                                                          262,100 
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                                 42,100 
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                    19,300 
Morgan Stanley                                                           28,042 
Citibank                                                                 12,800 
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                    96,300 
Bankers Trust                                                             7,600 
Bank of New York Europe                                                 111,214 
Northern Trust                                                           59,900 
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                      177,400 
Northern Trust                                                           31,300 
Bank of New York Europe                                                   9,900 
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                       11,260 
 
 
 
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 
 
 
 
6) Percentage of issued class 
 
 
 
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 
 
65,823 
 
8) Percentage of issued class 
 
0.12% 
 
9) Class of security 
 
Ordinary 5p shares 
 
10) Date of transaction 
 
Unknown 
 
11) Date company informed 
 
6th August 2001 
 
12) Total holding following this notification 
 
2,152,892 
 
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 
 
3.92% 
 
14) Any additional information 
 
 
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries 
 
Pam Rixon 01235 208022 
 
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
making this notification 
 
John Ilett - Company Secretary 
 
Date of notification 6 August 2001