Oxford Instruments Regulatory News (OXIG)

09 September 2014 Oxford Instruments plc Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes At the AGM of Oxford Instruments plc held on 09 September 2014, the followingproxy votes were recorded for each resolution. Each resolution was dulypassed. Resolution In Favour Against Abstentions/(No. as noted on proxy form) Withheld Votes % Votes % Votes 1 To receive and adopt the Reports and 42,019,271 98.88 474,732 1.12 56,718 Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2014 2 To declare the final dividend 42,495,529 100.00 0 0 55,192 3 To re-elect Nigel Keen 40,650,664 97.50 1,040,820 2.50 859,237 4 To re-elect Jonathan Flint 42,068,851 99.00 425,517 1.00 56,353 5 To re-elect Kevin Boyd 42,069,153 99.00 425,517 1.00 56,051 6 To re-elect Jock Lennox 42,003,002 98.84 491,668 1.16 56,051 7 To elect Thomas Geitner 41,484,170 99.11 370,562 0.89 696,029 8 To elect Jennifer Allerton 41,491,434 99.13 364,598 0.87 694,729 9 To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors 42,457,756 99.96 17,443 0.04 75,522 10 To authorise the Directors to set the 42,480,601 99.99 3,521 0.01 66,599 remuneration of the Auditors 11 To approved the Directors' Remuneration 41,195,421 98.82 493,802 1.18 861,498 Policy 12 To approve the Directors' Remuneration 41,530,793 99.63 153,805 0.37 866,123 Report 13 To authorise the allotment of shares 37,195,974 87.53 5,299,411 12.47 55,336 14 To authorise the directors to disapply 42,489,277 99.99 6,333 0.01 55,111 pre-emption rights 15 To authorise the purchase of shares 42,484,134 99.97 10,777 0.03 55,810 16 To authorise the calling of general 40,528,991 95.37 1,965,688 4.63 56,042 meetings on 14 days' notice 17 To amend the Articles of Association 42,474,864 99.99 4,652 0.01 71,205 18 To implement a new Performance Share 41,060,141 97.78 933,786 2.22 556,794 Plan Notes: 1. Votes were tendered in respect of 42,550,721 shares representing 74.3% of the issued capital. 2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total. 3. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution. The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual GeneralMeeting which is available on our website at www.oxford-instruments.com/investors ENDS For further information please contact: Oxford Instruments plcSusan Johnson-Brett, Company Secretary 01865 393324