SAR - (Oxford Instruments)

RNS Number:3306A
Aberforth Partners
23 August 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: 23/08/02

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



Date of acquisition: 22/08/02


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         50,000 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)

    9,107,992  (19.01%)             N/A  (0.00%)            19.01%



(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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