Directors' Dealings

RNS Number : 1767U

Oxford Instruments PLC

16 December 2011

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS' DEALINGS

Oxford Instruments plc (the "Company") announces that the following directors' dealings took place:

On 16 December 2011, the following directors acquired ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company upon the exercise of options granted under the Oxford Instruments 2001 Executive Share Option Scheme "ESOS" and the Oxford Instruments plc Senior Executive Long Term Incentive Scheme "SELTIS". In accordance with the terms of the ESOS, all options (except for approved options) were "net gain" settled as share appreciation rights by reference to the mid market closing price of the Company's shares on 15 December 2011 (992p) and the relevant option price. A number of shares from both the ESOS and SELTIS were then sold in the market on 16 December 2011 at an average price of 950p, with the balance being retained by the directors, as follows:-

ESOS and SELTIS Options exercised and shares sold

No. of options exercised

Base option price

No. of shares acquired

Shares sold

Shares retained

Jonathan Flint

Chief Executive

86,788

100,000

208,666

11,334

110,000

219p

232p

135p

nil

67,629*

76,613*

180,269*

11,334

110,000

335,554

110,291

Kevin Boyd

Finance Director

150,000

75,000

135p

Nil

129,587*

75,000

166,607

37,980

Charles Holroyd

Executive Director

150,000

75,000

135p

nil

129,587*

75,000

199,938

4,749

*shares acquired equal to "net gain"

Following this transaction, Jonathan Flint, Kevin Boyd and Charles Holroyd now hold the following number of ordinary shares of 5p in the Company:-

	Jonathan Flint Chief Executive	Kevin Boyd Finance Director	Charles Holroyd Executive Director
Interest in shares before notification	50,875	28,550	59,770
Total interest in shares following this notification	161,166	66,530	64,519
% of issued share capital	0.29%	0.12%	0.12%