Director/PDMR Shareholding

Spectris plc                                  

                          Director/PDMR Shareholding                           

This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4(1)(a).

On 18 May 2006, awards were granted under the Spectris Performance Share Plan
("Plan") to certain directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities.

The awards were granted in the form of nominal cost options with an exercise
price of 5 pence per share.

The awards became exercisable on 18 May 2009 for a period of 12 months.

On 2 June 2009, the following individual exercised a portion of his award in
accordance with the rules of the Plan over the number of shares set out in the
table below.

          Name            Total number of 
                         shares exercised 
                                          
     John O'Higgins           25,097      
                                          

The Company was informed by the individual listed above of the above
transaction on 2 June 2009.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Robert Martin

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470

For and on behalf of Spectris plc

Date: 2 June 2009