Director/PDMR Shareholding

3 Dec 2012 09:19

Oxford Instruments plc Notification of transactions by PDMR and Connected Persons On 29 November 2012 certain purchases and awards of ordinary shares of 5 penceeach in the capital of Oxford Instruments plc (the "Company") were made underthe all-employee Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP") includingby and to the following Executive Directors (PDMR) and Connected Person asfollows: Executive Director No. of shares No. of shares No. of Dividend acquired as awarded as Shares acquired (or Connected Person as Partnership Matching Shares relevant) Shares Kevin Boyd 10 2 14 Jonathan Flint 10 2 14 Charles Holroyd 10 2 14 (Claire Flint) 2 1 0

Claire Flint is a Connected Person to Jonathan Flint by way of marriage.

The Partnership Shares and Matching Shares were acquired at a cost of £13.28 each. The Matching Shares are subject to a risk of forfeiture which will normally be removed on the third anniversary of award subject to the participant's continued employment and the retention of the linked Partnership Shares. No consideration was paid by the participants for the award of the Matching Shares and no consideration is due on the release of the Matching Shares or in relation to Partnership Shares and Dividend Shares.

On the same date, the executive directors applied dividends paid on shares held in the Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan to purchase ordinary shares of 5 pence at a cost of £13.28 per share as "dividend shares" under the all-employee Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan as detailed above.

The above transactions were undertaken on behalf of the above individuals by the trustee of the SIP 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 30 November 2012.

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

For and on behalf of Oxford Instruments plc

Date: 3 December 2012