Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                               Spectris PLC
attached:                                                                             
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification:               

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights.                                             

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments.                                                        
                                                                                
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                            BlackRock, Inc.     
notification obligation:                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s): n/a                                                             
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                 1st September 2014    
reached:                                                                               
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 2nd September 2014    
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                         Holding has gone above 5%
reached:                                                                         
                                                                                        
8. Notified details:                                                                                        
                                                                                                            
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                
                                                                                                            
Class/type   Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction            
of           to the triggering                                                                              
shares       transaction                                                                                    
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
if possible  Number          Number         Number           Number of voting         % of  voting rights x 
using        of              of             of shares        rights                                         
the ISIN     Shares          Voting                                                                         
CODE                         Rights                                                                         
                                            Direct           Direct xi  Indirect xii  Direct  Indirect      
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
GB0003308607 N/A             N/A            N/A              N/A        5,699,558     N/A     4.79%         
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
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       Exercise price Expiration    Exercise/         Number of voting rights   % of voting rights   
financial                    date          Conversion period instrument refers to                    
instrument                                                                                             
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                       Nominal Delta        
CFD                                                          248,499                                        
                                                                                       0.21%   0.21%        
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                           
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                               
                                                                                                            
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                              
                                                                                                            
5,948,057                                          5.00%                                                    
                                                                                                            

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                          
                                                                                        
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 5,948,057 (5.00%)                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                                                        
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: 
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team                                                 
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                          Tim Dudley                                   
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:              020 7743 1540