Property Disposal

Oxford Instruments PLC
04 July 2007



4th July 2007


                             Oxford Instruments plc
                     Property sale completed - Abingdon, UK

Oxford Instruments plc, the high technology tools and systems company, is
pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of its vacant property at
Abingdon, UK. The property had become surplus to operating requirements
following an earlier restructuring of its Analytical Businesses.


At 31 March 2007 the property was held as an asset for sale with a carrying
value of £5.0m. The net proceeds of the sale are £5.3m.


Enquiries:


Oxford Instruments plc                                  Tel: [phone]

Jonathan Flint, Chief Executive
Kevin Boyd, Group Finance Director


Hogarth Partnership Limited                             Tel: [phone]

Rachel Hirst / Andrew Jaques / Ian Payne



Notes to Editors



Oxford Instruments plc designs, supplies and supports high-technology tools,
processes and solutions with a focus on physical science, bioscience,
environmental and industrial research and applications. It provides solutions
needed to advance fundamental nanoscience research and its transfer into
commercial nanotechnology applications. Innovation has been the driving force
behind Oxford Instruments' growth and success for over 40 years, and its
strategy is to effect the successful commercialisation of these ideas by
bringing them to market in a timely and customer-focused fashion.


The first technology business to be spun out from Oxford University over forty
years ago, Oxford Instruments is now a global company with over 1,300 staff
worldwide and a listing on the London Stock Exchange (OXIG). Its objective is to
be the leading provider of new generation tools and systems for the Physical
Science and Bioscience sectors.


This involves the combination of core technologies in areas such as low
temperature and high magnetic field environments; superconductivity; Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance; X-ray electron and optical based metrology, and advanced
growth, deposition and etching. Our products, expertise, and ideas address
global issues such as energy, environment, terrorism and health and are part of
the next generation of telecommunications, energy products, environmental
measures, security devices, drug discovery and medical advances.





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