Director/PDMR Shareholding

Spectris plc: Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

John O’Higgins and Jo Hallas exercised options granted under the Spectris Savings Related Share Option Scheme (SAYE) with an exercise price of £20.15 per share.

The Notification of Dealing Form required under the EU Market Abuse Regulation follows:
	1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
	a)	Name	John O’Higgins, Chief Executive
	2	Reason for the notification
	a)	Position/status	PDMR (Chief Executive)
	b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
	3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
	a)	Name	Spectris plc
	b)	LEI	213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10
	4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) e ach type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date ; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification  code	Ordinary Shares of 5p each GB0003308607
	b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of the option over 446 Ordinary shares of 5p each under the Spectris Savings Related Share Option Scheme granted on 18 September 2014. All shares were retained.
	c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price (s)	Volume(s)
			£20.15	446
	d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated Volume	n/a
			Price	n/a
	e)	Date of the transaction	1 December 2017
	f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Jo Hallas, Business Group Director
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR (Business Group Director)
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Spectris plc
b)	LEI	213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) e ach type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date ; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification  code	Ordinary Shares of 5p each GB0003308607
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of the option over 893 Ordinary shares of 5p each under the Spectris Savings Related Share Option Scheme granted on 18 September 2014. All shares were retained.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price (s)	Volume(s)
		£20.15	893
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated Volume	n/a
		Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	1 December 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Rebecca Dunn

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470

LEI Number: 213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10

Date:  1 December 2017