Trading Statement

Date:    Embargoed until 7.00am, Thursday 7 July 2005                       
                                                                             
Contact:  John Poulter, Chairman                          Tel: [phone]  
                                                                             
          Spectris plc                                                       
                                                                             
          Richard Mountain                                Tel: [phone] 
                                                                             
          Financial Dynamics                                                 

                                 SPECTRIS PLC                                  

                        2005 FIRST HALF TRADING UPDATE                         

Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company, today issues
a trading update ahead of its half year results announcement for the period
ending 30 June 2005, due to be released on 13 September 2005.

All three sectors will show first half sales progress. Profits, earnings per
share and cash conversion are expected to demonstrate very significant
improvement compared to a weak first half of the prior year. There will still
be a bias towards a stronger second half, but the split will be at more
traditional levels than in 2004.

Specific actions to improve operating margins are being taken including, where
appropriate, overhead expenditure reductions and the elimination of some lower
margin business.

Looking forward, encouraging progress is expected in 2005, as indicated at the
time of the Annual General Meeting in May.

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Copies of this notice are available to the public from the registered office:
Station Road, Egham Surrey TW20 9NP and on the company's website at 
www.spectris.com