Burrill & Company Advises Danisco A/S on Divestiture of Genencor Oncology Program

San Francisco, CA - November 09, 2005

On November 4, 2005, Genencor, a subsidiary of Danisco A/S, divested its oncology-focused immunotoxin program to Cambridge Antibody Technology (London: CAT); (Nasdaq: CATG). Genencor's immunotoxin program consists of GCR-3888 and GCR-8015, both of which target hematological malignancies. GCR-3888 is currently in Phase II trials for hairy cell leukemia. GCR-8015, an optimized version of GCR-3888, is currently in pre-clinical development, with expected use in non-Hodgkins lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

CAT hired ten key former staff of Genencor who will continue to be responsible for the development of these programs, and has thereby established a CAT operation in the U.S. for the first time. This operation will be based in Palo Alto, California.

The consideration for the acquisition was $14 million. In addition, CAT may be required to pay Genencor additional consideration of up to $2 million, contingent upon the availability of bulk product material suitable for clinical trials, which would result in a total consideration of $16 million.

Burrill & Company's Merchant Banking Group served as an advisor to Danisco on this transaction. The Burrill & Company team included: Mark Blumling, Director; Mike Ullman, Managing Director; and James Watson, Managing Director.

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