Director/PDMR Shareholding

Date:  15 April 2016

SPECTRIS plc (the “Company”)

OPTIONS EXERCISED UNDER THE SPECTRIS SAVINGS RELATED SHARE OPTION SCHEME (THE “SAYE SCHEME”) BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (“PDMRs”)

The SAYE Scheme is an HMRC approved plan, which enables eligible employees to acquire Spectris plc 5p ordinary shares with the proceeds of a monthly savings contract.  The contract period is three years. On 14 April 2016 options were exercised to buy shares under the terms of the SAYE Scheme by certain PDMRs of the Company.  The options were granted on 21 September 2012 at an option price of £16.95 per share.  The options became exercisable from 1 December 2015 and expire on 1 June 2016.

Name of PDMR	Number of Options Exercised
Roger Stephens	530

The total interests of the above PDMRs in the Company’s shares following this notification are set out in the table below. Name of PDMR Total Number of Shares Over Which Options are Held Number of Shares Held Total Percentage of Company’s Issued Share Capital Held Roger Stephens 71,324 27,310 less than 0.1% In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2, the Company was informed of the above transactions on 14 April 2016.  The transactions were made at the Company's registered office in Egham, Surrey. This notification is made in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Claire Spencer

Assistant Company Secretary

01784 470 470