Oxford Instruments Regulatory News (OXIG)

1 Mar 2012 11:21

Oxford Instruments plc Directors' Dealings

Oxford Instruments plc announces that on 29 February 2012 the following executive directors purchased ordinary shares of 5p at a cost of 1153.25p per share as "partnership shares" under the all-employee Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan as summarised below:

Executive Director No. of Partnership Shares acquired Kevin Boyd 11 Jonathan Flint 11 Charles Holroyd 11 In connection with the above purchases of Partnership Shares on the same datethe executive directors were awarded ordinary shares of 5p as "matching shares"under the all employee Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan as summarisedbelow: Executive Director No. of Matching Shares awarded Kevin Boyd 2 Jonathan Flint 2 Charles Holroyd 2

To fully hedge the above awards the Trustee of the Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan purchased such number of shares in the open market at a cost of 1153.25p per share.

The risk of forfeiture attached to the matching shares will normally be removed on the third anniversary of allocation subject to continued employment and the retention of the partnership shares in connection with which they were awarded. No consideration was paid by the grantees for the award of the matching shares and no consideration is due on the release of the matching shares.

The above transactions were undertaken by the trustee of the Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan, a UK registered company, on behalf of the above individuals and the shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

The above notifications are made in accordance with Rule 3.1.4 of the UKLA Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

Oxford Instruments plc was notified of the above transactions on 01 March 2012.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Susan Johnson-Brett, 01865 393324.

For and on behalf of Oxford Instruments plc

Date: 01 March 2012