SAR - Oxford Instruments PLC

RNS Number:4303T
Aberforth Partners
22 March 2002

                                                                FORM SAR 3

Lodge with Company Announcements Office and Newstrack, if appropriate, and
the Takeover Panel.  A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of
which are acquired.

                                              Date of disclosure: 22/03/02

               DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                 SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")


Date of acquisition: 21/03/02

Acquisition in: Oxford Instruments PLC


(1) Class of voting shares  Number of shares/rights  If rights over shares
    (e.g. ordinary shares)  over shares acquired     acquired, as opposed
                                                     to the shares
                                                     themselves, specify
                                                     nature of rights

    Ordinary Shares of 5p       150,000 shares
                                    N/A rights               N/A


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    7,717,992  (16.12%)             N/A  (0.00%)            16.12%


(3) Party making disclosure: Aberforth Partners (as Investment Managers)


(4) (a)  Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares: Aberforth
         Partners (as Investment Managers) and, if different, beneficial
         owner: N/A

    (b)  Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding
         (see SAR 5): N/A


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above: N/A

(Also print name of signatory): Gordon R. Young, Partner

Telephone and extension number: 0131 220 0733


Note.  Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of
or acquisition by one person.  Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must
aggregate holdings to disclose certain disposals.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5
of the SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers,
Monitoring Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.


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