Nova Ltd. — Director's Dealing 2006

Jan 10, 2006

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS LTD (NVMI)
CIK: 0001109345
Period of Report: 2005-12-31

Reporting Person: MARXE AUSTIN W & GREENHOUSE DAVID M (10% Owner)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2258590	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This is a joint filing by Austin W. Marxe (Marxe) and David M. Greenhouse (Greenhouse). They share voting and investment control over all securities owned by Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. (QP), Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P. (Cayman), Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P. (Tech) and Special Situations Technology II, L.P. (Tech II), respectively. 1,246,312 shares of Common Stock are held by QP, 536,778 shares of Common Stock are held by Cayman, 77,631 shares of Common Stock are held by Tech and 397,869 shares of Common Stock are held by Tech II. The interest of Marxe and Greenhouse in the shares of Common Stock owned by QP, Cayman, Tech and Tech II is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest.