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         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to       Massachusetts Financial Services Company     
the notification obligation:iii                                                         
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if    MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf
different from 3.):iv                    of its various mutual funds and institutional  
                                                        account clients                 
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                   4 March 2015                   
which the threshold is crossed or                                                       
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                        6 March 2015                   
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                        10%                       
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

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       11,832,056  11,832,056       N/A           N/A      11,976,916    N/A   10.0924%
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
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          
                                                                                        
               11,976,916                                   10.0924%                    
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
Entity                                                                                  
                 Voting Rights Held               Percentage Held                       
                                                                                        
LUX       - MFS Investment Management (LUX) SA                                          
                 15,124.00                               0.0127%                        
                                                                                        
MILC     - MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd                                         
                    35,246.00                               0.0297%                     
                                                                                        
MFS      - Massachusetts Financial Services Company                                     
   7,226,731.00                               6.0897%                                   
                                                                                        
MFSHE - MFS Heritage Trust Company                                                      
              180,277.00                               0.1519%                          
                                                                                        
MFSI     - MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc                                              
           474,731.00                               0.4000%                             
                                                                                        
MILUK   - MFS international (UK) Ltd                                                    
         4,026,915.00                               3.3933%                             
                                                                                        
MIMKK  - MFS Investment Management KK                                                   
            17,892.00                                0.0151%                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
 Notifiable Interest                                                                    
                      11,976,916.00                              10.0924%               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
 Vioting  Rights Outstanding                                                            
                  118,672,071.00                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                       N/A 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                        N/A 
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                    N/A 
                                                                                        

 

13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone 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                                           Massachusetts Financial Services    
(including legal form of legal entities)                         Company                
                                                                                        
Contact address                                           111 Huntingdon Avenue         
(registered office for legal entities)                                                  
                                                          Boston, MA 02199, USA         
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                        00 1 617 954 7283           
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
(at least legal representative for legal                    Kathleen M White            
persons)                                                                                
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                                         Robert Martin, Deputy 
                                                                    Company Secretary   
                                                                                        
                                                                 Spectris plc, Heritage 
Contact address                                                    House, Church Road,  
                                                                                        
                                                                 Egham, Surrey TW20 9QD 
                                                                                        
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.