Annual General Meeting 2023 Results

19 September 2023

Oxford Instruments plc

Annual General Meeting 2023 results

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of Oxford Instruments plc (the "Company") was held at Tubney Woods, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 5QX, on 19 September 2023 at 11am.

All resolutions were voted upon by a poll and the resolutions proposed at the AGM were all passed by shareholders with the necessary majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website (oxinst.com).

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the AGM and the number of votes withheld were as set out in the table below.

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast (excluding withheld)	% of issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1. To receive the 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements	43,645,341	99.76	104,974	0.24	43,750,315	75.66	245,377
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	41,577,906	98.41	670,985	1.59	42,248,891	73.07	1,746,801
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	43,129,297	98.04	862,318	1.96	43,991,615	76.08	4,077
4. To declare a final dividend	43,777,376	99.50	218,032	0.50	43,995,408	76.09	284
5. To re-elect Neil Carson as a Director of the Company	42,193,549	95.91	1,799,886	4.09	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
6. To re-elect Ian Barkshire as a Director of the Company	43,934,496	99.87	58,939	0.13	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
7. To re-elect Gavin Hill as a Director of the Company	43,918,915	99.83	74,520	0.17	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
8. To elect Reshma Ramachandran as a Director of the Company	42,684,338	97.02	1,309,097	2.98	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
9. To re-elect Nigel Sheinwald as a Director of the Company	42,409,658	96.78	1,412,947	3.22	43,822,605	75.79	173,087
10. To re-elect Mary Waldner as a Director of the Company	42,685,023	97.03	1,308,362	2.97	43,993,385	76.08	2,307
11. To re-elect Alison Wood as a Director of the Company	42,580,459	96.79	1,410,706	3.21	43,991,165	76.08	4,527
12. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company	43,989,246	99.99	4,755	0.01	43,994,001	76.08	1,691
13. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	43,993,990	100.00	436	0.01	43,994,426	76.08	1,266
14. To authorise political donations and expenditure	43,568,385	99.03	425,585	0.97	43,993,970	76.08	1,722
15. To authorise the Board to allot shares	43,463,863	98.79	530,348	1.21	43,994,211	76.08	1,481
16. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights *	43,988,011	99.99	5,433	0.01	43,993,444	76.08	2,248
17. To authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights *	43,689,668	99.31	303,763	0.69	43,993,431	76.08	2,261
18. To authorise the purchase of own shares *	43,700,536	99.36	279,943	0.64	43,980,479	76.06	15,213
19. To approve the rules of the Oxford Instruments plc Long Term Incentive Plan and authorise the directors to adopt the Plan	43,239,876	98.85	503,291	1.15	43,743,167	75.65	252,525
20. To authorise the calling of a general meeting of the Company on not less than 14 days' notice *	43,560,943	99.02	432,648	0.98	43,993,591	76.08	2,101

* Indicates a special resolution.

For all resolutions, as at close of business on 15 September 2023, being the time at which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the meeting were required to have their details entered in the register of members, the issued share capital of the Company with voting rights consisted of 57,822,737 ordinary shares of 5 pence each. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury. Ordinary shareholders have one vote for each ordinary share held.

Please note a "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "for" or "against" a resolution. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received, rounded to two decimal places. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of all the resolutions passed have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

This notification is made in accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.3R.

LEI number of Oxford Instruments plc: 213800J364EZD6UCE231

Enquiries:

Sarah Harvey

Company Secretary

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