NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS' DEALINGS
Oxford Instruments plc (the "Company") announces that the following directors'
dealings took place:
On 8 January 2014, 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 7 January 2014 (1811p)
and the relevant option price. A number of shares from both the ESOS and SELTIS
were then sold in the market between 8 and 10 January 2014 at an average price
of 1723.7955p, with the balance being retained by the directors, as follows:-
ESOS and SELTIS Options exercised and shares sold
No. of Base option No. of Shares Shares
options price shares sold retained
exercised acquired
Jonathan Flint 52,916 705p 32,317* 52,273 9,628
Chief Executive 2,084 705p 2,084
27,500 Nil 27,500
Kevin Boyd 35,873 705p 21,909* 35,631 5,278
Finance Director 19,000 Nil 19,000
Claire Flint** 22,395 705p 13,677* 14,592 1,690
2,605 705p 2,605
*shares acquired equal to "net gain"
**Claire Flint is an employee of the Company and a Connected Person to Jonathan
Flint by way of marriage.
Following this transaction, Jonathan Flint and Kevin Boyd have increased their
shareholdings and now hold the following number of ordinary shares of 5p in the
Company:-
Jonathan Flint Kevin Boyd Claire Flint**
Chief Executive Finance Director
Interest in shares before 191,464 86,295 2,973
notification
Total interest in shares 201,092 91,573 4,663
following this
notification
% of issued share capital 0.35% 0.16% 0.01%
This notice is given in fulfilment of the obligations under DTR 3.1.4R(1)
10 January 2014
Susan Johnson-Brett
Company Secretary
Oxford Instruments plc
Tel: 01865 393324
Email: susan.johnson-brett@oxinst.com