Director/PDMR Shareholding

Spectris PLC

Director/PDMR Shareholding

                                  SAYE Awards                                  

Further to completion of its annual year end shareholding reconciliation
process, Spectris plc (the "Company") established on 5 February 2014 that
certain awards to PDMRs pursuant to the Spectris Savings Related Share Option
Scheme (the "SAYE Scheme") have not been previously disclosed as required by
Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

The Company confirms that the interests of PDMRs in the Company's ordinary
shares of 5p each ("Shares") under the SAYE Scheme were correctly disclosed in
its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 and that, in
the period since 31 December 2013, the following awards have been made under
the SAYE Scheme:

Name of   Date      Number   Exercise  Face value of option  Date        Expiry
PDMR      granted   of       price (p) at date of grant (£)  exercisable date  
                    options                                                    
                                                                               
John      18        446      2015      8,987                 1 December  1 June
O'Higgins September                                          2017        2018  
          2014                                                                 
                                                                               
Jo Hallas 18        893      2015      17,994                1 December  1 June
          September                                          2017        2018  
          2014                                                                 
                                                                               
Roger     18        446      2015      8,987                 1 December  1 June
Stephens  September                                          2017        2018  
          2014                                                                 
                                                                               
Robin     18        893      2015      17,994                1 December  1 June
Stopford  September                                          2017        2018  
          2014                                                                 

The above awards were made at the Company's registered office in Egham, Surrey
and no amount was paid by the PDMRs for the grant of the above awards. The
total interests of the above PDMRs in the Company's Shares as at 6 February
2015 are set out in the table below.

Name of PDMR              Total number of Shares     Number of Shares held     
                          under options and/or                                 
                          awards                                               
                                                                               
John O'Higgins            153,678                    256,574                   
                                                                               
Jo Hallas                 27,223                     Nil                       
                                                                               
Roger Stephens            48,396                     26,780                    
                                                                               
Robin Stopford            18,023                     Nil                       

This notification is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under
Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

Enquiries:

Spectris plc
Roger Stephens
Head of Commercial and Company Secretary
01784 470 470

6 February 2015