Director/PDMR Shareholding

Spectris plc Announcement to the London Stock Exchange This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4(1)(a) and LR 12.6.4. On 21 March 2011, awards granted under the Spectris Performance Share Plan ("Plan") to certain directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities were exercised, as announced by the Company on 22 March 2011. A number of individuals (where noted below) sold a proportion of the shares acquired to fund their tax liabilities. The disposals were made on the London Stock Exchange. Name Total number of Number of shares Price per share shares exercised disposed of to received on satisfy tax disposal (p) liabilities James Webster 33,161 16,851 1363.6385 The above awards were satisfied using treasury shares. In total 33,161 treasury shares were transferred from the Company's treasury reserves. Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding the total of 8,949,387 ordinary shares now held in treasury) is 116,055,736. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Robert Martin Deputy Company Secretary 01784 470 470 For and on behalf of Spectris plc Date: 24 March 2011

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