Oxford Instruments : AGM Proxy Results 2023

19 September 2023

Oxford Instruments plc

Annual General Meeting 2023 results

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of Oxford Instruments plc (the "Company") was held at Tubney Woods, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 5QX, on 19 September 2023 at 11am.

All resolutions were voted upon by a poll and the resolutions proposed at the AGM were all passed by shareholders with the necessary majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website (oxinst.com).

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the AGM and the number of votes withheld were as set out in the table below.

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes	%	Total votes	% of	Votes
			against		cast	issued	withheld
					(excluding	share
					withheld)	capital
						voted
1. To receive the 2023	43,645,341	99.76	104,974	0.24	43,750,315	75.66	245,377
Annual Report and
Financial Statements
2. To approve the	41,577,906	98.41	670,985	1.59	42,248,891	73.07	1,746,801
Directors'
Remuneration Report
3. To approve the	43,129,297	98.04	862,318	1.96	43,991,615	76.08	4,077
Directors'
Remuneration Policy
4. To declare a final	43,777,376	99.50	218,032	0.50	43,995,408	76.09	284
dividend
5. To re-elect Neil	42,193,549	95.91	1,799,886	4.09	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
Carson as a Director of
the Company
6. To re-elect Ian	43,934,496	99.87	58,939	0.13	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
Barkshire as a Director
of the Company
7. To re-elect Gavin	43,918,915	99.83	74,520	0.17	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
Hill as a Director of the
Company
8. To elect Reshma	42,684,338	97.02	1,309,097	2.98	43,993,435	76.08	2,257
Ramachandran as a
Director of the
Company
9. To re-elect Nigel	42,409,658	96.78	1,412,947	3.22	43,822,605	75.79	173,087
Sheinwald as a
Director of the
Company
10. To re-elect Mary	42,685,023	97.03	1,308,362	2.97	43,993,385	76.08	2,307
Waldner as a Director
of the Company

11. To re-elect Alison	42,580,459	96.79	1,410,706	3.21	43,991,165	76.08	4,527
Wood as a Director of
the Company
12. To re-appoint BDO	43,989,246	99.99	4,755	0.01	43,994,001	76.08	1,691
LLP as auditor of the
Company
13. To authorise the	43,993,990	100.00	436	0.01	43,994,426	76.08	1,266
Audit and Risk
Committee to agree
the auditor's
remuneration
14. To authorise	43,568,385	99.03	425,585	0.97	43,993,970	76.08	1,722
political donations and
expenditure
15. To authorise the	43,463,863	98.79	530,348	1.21	43,994,211	76.08	1,481
Board to allot shares
16. To authorise the	43,988,011	99.99	5,433	0.01	43,993,444	76.08	2,248
disapplication of pre-
emption rights *
17. To authorise the	43,689,668	99.31	303,763	0.69	43,993,431	76.08	2,261
additional
disapplication of pre-
emption rights *
18. To authorise the	43,700,536	99.36	279,943	0.64	43,980,479	76.06	15,213
purchase of own
shares *
19. To approve the	43,239,876	98.85	503,291	1.15	43,743,167	75.65	252,525
rules of the Oxford
Instruments plc Long
Term Incentive Plan
and authorise the
directors to adopt the
Plan
20. To authorise the	43,560,943	99.02	432,648	0.98	43,993,591	76.08	2,101
calling of a general
meeting of the
Company on not less
than 14 days' notice *

* Indicates a special resolution.

For all resolutions, as at close of business on 15 September 2023, being the time at which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the meeting were required to have their details entered in the register of members, the issued share capital of the Company with voting rights consisted of 57,822,737 ordinary shares of 5 pence each. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury. Ordinary shareholders have one vote for each ordinary share held.

Please note a "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "for" or "against" a resolution. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received, rounded to two decimal places. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of all the resolutions passed have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

This notification is made in accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.3R.

LEI number of Oxford Instruments plc: 213800J364EZD6UCE231

Enquiries: Sarah Harvey Company Secretary [phone]