Directorate Change

Release Date: 8 January 2013

                            Oxford Instruments plc                             

                     Appointment of Non-Executive Director                     

Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high-technology tools and systems
for industry and research, is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas
Geitner as an Independent Non-Executive Director. The appointment will take
effect from 15th January 2013, replacing Bernard Taylor who retired as a
Non-Executive Director in September 2012.

Thomas has extensive international experience in the technology and engineering
sectors, having spent over thirty years in businesses operating across the
globe. These include senior board positions at Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Vodafone
Group plc and RWE-Group AG. He is currently Chairman of Bibliotheca RFID
Library Systems AG, and prior to that held non-executive positions at BBC
Worldwide Ltd, Singulus Technologies AG and Pages Jaunes SA.

There are no details to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing
Rules.

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Notes to Editors

Oxford Instruments designs, supplies and supports high-technology tools and
systems with a focus on research and industrial applications. It provides
solutions needed to advance fundamental physics research and its transfer into
commercial nanotechnology applications. Innovation has been the driving force
behind Oxford Instruments' growth and success for over 50 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 fifty
years ago, Oxford Instruments is now a global company with over 1900 staff
worldwide and is listed on the FTSE250 index of the London Stock Exchange
(OXIG).  Its objective is to be the leading provider of new generation tools
and systems for the research and industrial sectors.

This involves the combination of core technologies in areas such as low
temperature, high magnetic field and ultra high vacuum environments,
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-ray, electron and optical based metrology, and
advanced growth, deposition and etching.

Oxford Instruments aims to pursue responsible development and deeper
understanding of our world through science and technology. Its products,
expertise, and ideas address global issues such as energy, environment,
security and health.  


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