Directorate Change

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLC - Directorate Change

PR Newswire

London, January 8

Release Date: 8 January 2013

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

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

Notes to Editors

Oxford Instruments designs, supplies and supports high-technology tools andsystems with a focus on research and industrial applications. It providessolutions needed to advance fundamental physics research and its transfer intocommercial nanotechnology applications. Innovation has been the driving forcebehind Oxford Instruments' growth and success for over 50 years, and itsstrategy is to effect the successful commercialisation of these ideas bybringing them to market in a timely and customer-focused fashion.

The first technology business to be spun out from Oxford University over fiftyyears ago, Oxford Instruments is now a global company with over 1900 staffworldwide and is listed on the FTSE250 index of the London Stock Exchange(OXIG). Its objective is to be the leading provider of new generation toolsand systems for the research and industrial sectors.

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

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