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                                          Yes
                                                                                        
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):                                                              No 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:       AEGON Asset     
iii                                                                    Management UK    
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv                               
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is           21 July 2011    
crossed or reached: v                                                                   
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       22 July 2011    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii                      7%         
                                                                                        


 

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

 

Class/type of      Situation previous                   Resulting situation after                 
shares              to the triggering                         the triggering                      
                       transaction                             transaction                        
                                                                                                  
if possible using   Number     Number        Number              Number of          % of  voting  
the ISIN CODE         of         of         of shares             voting              rights x    
                    Shares     Voting                             rights                          
                               Rights                                                             
                                                                                                  
                                             Direct       Direct xi  Indirect xii Direct  Indirect
                                                                                                  
GB0003308607       8,182,805  8,182,805     7,021,991     7,021,991   1,063,391    6.04%   0.91%  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
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, 
                                            period xviii     refers to          xx      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                           Nominal Delta
                                                                                        
Contract for Difference   n/a       n/a         n/a            8,004        0.01%    1  
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
        Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                        
                                                              6.96%                     
               8,093,386                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                             AEGON Asset Management UK: -                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                             AEGON Asset Management UK Holdings Ltd                     
                                                                                        
                             AEGON Asset Management UK plc                              
                                                                                        
                             AEGON Investment Management UK Ltd                         
                                                                                        
                             AEGON ICVC                                                 
                                                                                        
                             AEGON VCIC                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    AEGON Asset Management 
                                                                           UK           
                                                                                        
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 information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                  Wendy Dunsmore       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                      0131 549 3706        
                                                                                        


 

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                                                                               
(including legal form of legal                  AEGON Asset Management UK plc           
entities)                                                                               
                                                                                        
Contact address                        Aegon House, 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park,  
(registered office for legal                         Edinburgh, EH12 9SA                
entities)                                                                               
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                    0870 60 90 101                  
                                                                                        
Other useful information                       Alison Talbot, Company Seretary          
(at least legal representative for                                                      
legal persons)                                          0131 549 3205                   
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                                       Robert Martin, Deputy   
                                                                  Company Secretary     
                                                                                        
Contact address                                              Spectris plc, 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.