Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which Spectris 
voting rights are attached:ii                                                     plc   
                                                                                        

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          No 
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result      No 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to            No 
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                     No 
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):             See additional information below                 Yes
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification         F&C Asset Management plc  
obligation:iii                                                                          
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv          See Box 9 below      
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold       N/A (see additional    
is crossed or reached: v                                         information below)     
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 24 September 2010     
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii          N/A (see additional    
                                                                 information below)     
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Class/type of      Situation                    Resulting situation after               
shares              previous                         the triggering                     
                     to the                            transaction                      
                   triggering                                                           
if possible       transaction                                                           
using                                                                                   
the ISIN CODE    Number  Number   Number            Number of            % of  voting   
                   of      of    of shares           voting                rights x     
                 Shares  Voting                      rights                             
                         Rights                                                         
                                                                                        
                                  Direct    Direct xi   Indirect xii    Direct  Indirect
                                                                                        
GB0003308607                                                                            
(as at            n/a      n/a   6,128,308      -         6,128,308       -      5.29%  
23.09.10)                                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of financial Expiration        Exercise/          Number of voting     % of voting 
   instrument      date xiii  Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be      rights    
                                                       acquired if the                  
                                                        instrument is                   
                                                    exercised/ converted.               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of financial Exercise Expiration    Exercise/    Number of voting     % of voting  
   instrument      price    date xvii   Conversion    rights instrument  rights xix, xx 
                                       period xviii       refers to                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal  Delta 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
          Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights         
                                                                                        
        6,128,308 (as at 23.09.10)                             5.29%                    
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                Client                        No. of voting                             
rights                       % of voting rights                                         
Registration name                                                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                No underlying client holds > 3%                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                   F&C Asset Management plc
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                            
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting                                
rights:                                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

13. Additional     The disclosure made on 19 May 2010 outlining that F&C's aggregate    
information:     position fell below 5% was incorrect due to a system error.  As of 23  
                           September 2010 F&C's aggregate holding is 5.29%.             
                                                                                        
14. Contact                        Marrack Tonkin, Company Secretary                    
name:                                                                                   
                                       F&C Asset Management plc                         
                                                                                        
15. Contact                                                                             
telephone                                    0131 718 1247                              
number:                                                                                 
                                                                                        


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                          
                                                                                        
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii                                    
                                                                                        

                                                                               

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation

Full name                                                F&C Asset Management plc       
(including legal form of legal entities)                                                
                                                                                        
Contact address                                    80 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3BU 
(registered office for legal entities)                                                  
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                           0131 718 1247            
                                                                                        
                                                         [e-mail]       
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
(at least legal representative for legal persons)                                       
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                                              Spectris plc     
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                    Station Road, Egham, 
                                                                     Surrey, TW20 9NP   
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                   01784 470 470    
                                                                                        
Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the                          
person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)                          
                                                                                        

 

C: Additional information                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.