Annual Report

Spectris plc: Annual Report and Accounts 2015

The following documents have been posted or otherwise made available to shareholders:

•          Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015 (“2015 Annual Report”)

•          Notice of 2016 Annual General Meeting to be held at Great Fosters, Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 9UR on Friday 20 May 2016 at 12.30 p.m (“Notice of AGM”)

•          Form of Proxy for the 2016 Annual General Meeting

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1 R, a copy of each of the above documents has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The 2015 Annual Report and Notice of AGM are also available on the Spectris website at http://www.spectris.com/, as required by DTR 6.3.5 R (3)(a).

The requirements of DTR 6.3.5 R (2)(b) were met in Spectris plc’s 2015 Final Results announcement, excepting publication of the responsibility statement of the Directors in respect of the 2015 Accounts, which follows:

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

•          the Financial Statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

•          the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the issuer and the undertakings included in the consolidation, taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Claire Spencer
Assistant Company Secretary
01784 470 470
For and on behalf of Spectris plc

Date: 17 March 2016