Transaction in Own Shares

Transactions in own shares

Spectris plc (the Company) announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence on the London Stock Exchange from J.P. Morgan Securities plc as part of the buyback programme announced on 5 March 2018.

Date of purchase: 9 March 2018

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:            12,103

Lowest price paid per share: 2,601p

Highest price paid per share: 2,639p

Average price paid per share: 2,623.5219p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Since 5 March 2018, the Company has purchased 62,600 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £1,646,178.37.

A full breakdown of the individual trades is detailed below:

Transaction Date and Time	Volume	Price (GBP)	Trading Venue	Transaction Reference Number
09-Mar-2018 08:22:49	42	2628.0000	XLON	01503015000010794-E0YxVpvzVwyq20180309
09-Mar-2018 08:22:49	200	2628.0000	XLON	01503015000010794-E0YxVpvzVwyo20180309
09-Mar-2018 08:36:33	85	2627.0000	XLON	11503115000019390-E0YxVpvzWBvq20180309
09-Mar-2018 08:42:02	53	2626.0000	XLON	11503115000021746-E0YxVpvzWGci20180309
09-Mar-2018 08:42:02	23	2626.0000	XLON	11503115000021746-E0YxVpvzWGcg20180309
09-Mar-2018 08:49:05	129	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000024744-E0YxVpvzWMG520180309
09-Mar-2018 08:49:08	121	2627.0000	XLON	11503115000024592-E0YxVpvzWMIk20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:03:12	129	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000030915-E0YxVpvzWYi420180309
09-Mar-2018 09:03:54	117	2624.0000	XLON	11503115000030758-E0YxVpvzWZJi20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:04:03	140	2623.0000	XLON	01503015000030803-E0YxVpvzWZSt20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:24:49	107	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000040607-E0YxVpvzWpXU20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:31:06	108	2627.0000	XLON	01503015000043251-E0YxVpvzWuWN20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:42:53	120	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000045838-E0YxVpvzX36e20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:42:53	108	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000047439-E0YxVpvzX36o20180309
09-Mar-2018 09:42:53	185	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000047100-E0YxVpvzX36k20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:01:17	156	2621.0000	XLON	01503015000054275-E0YxVpvzXFrI20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:01:17	43	2621.0000	XLON	01503015000054275-E0YxVpvzXFr720180309
09-Mar-2018 10:01:17	108	2621.0000	XLON	01503015000054264-E0YxVpvzXFr520180309
09-Mar-2018 10:13:55	51	2620.0000	XLON	01503015000058370-E0YxVpvzXOnE20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:13:55	26	2620.0000	XLON	01503015000058370-E0YxVpvzXOnI20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:13:55	11	2620.0000	XLON	01503015000058370-E0YxVpvzXOnG20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:13:55	35	2620.0000	XLON	01503015000058370-E0YxVpvzXOnK20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:21:00	107	2618.0000	XLON	11503115000060362-E0YxVpvzXSmK20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:26:31	107	2616.0000	XLON	11503115000054943-E0YxVpvzXW5A20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:34:18	117	2615.0000	XLON	01503015000064414-E0YxVpvzXbH820180309
09-Mar-2018 10:35:16	135	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000057583-E0YxVpvzXbe120180309
09-Mar-2018 10:35:16	26	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000057583-E0YxVpvzXbe320180309
09-Mar-2018 10:48:10	107	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000067891-E0YxVpvzXjeH20180309
09-Mar-2018 10:56:30	184	2613.0000	XLON	01503015000070261-E0YxVpvzXpEV20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:04:19	129	2614.0000	XLON	11503115000072161-E0YxVpvzXtnz20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:11:30	90	2614.0000	XLON	01503015000074015-E0YxVpvzXxdb20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:11:30	6	2614.0000	XLON	01503015000074015-E0YxVpvzXxdf20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:11:30	22	2614.0000	XLON	01503015000074015-E0YxVpvzXxdd20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:25:19	43	2614.0000	XLON	11503115000077484-E0YxVpvzY4YR20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:25:19	67	2614.0000	XLON	11503115000077484-E0YxVpvzY4YT20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:25:29	161	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000076748-E0YxVpvzY4eJ20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:33:24	129	2611.0000	XLON	11503115000079295-E0YxVpvzY80u20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:41:06	9	2611.0000	XLON	11503115000081379-E0YxVpvzYBv620180309
09-Mar-2018 11:41:06	43	2611.0000	XLON	11503115000081379-E0YxVpvzYBvA20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:41:06	55	2611.0000	XLON	11503115000081379-E0YxVpvzYBv820180309
09-Mar-2018 11:45:59	35	2611.0000	XLON	01503015000082569-E0YxVpvzYEKB20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:45:59	15	2611.0000	XLON	01503015000082569-E0YxVpvzYEK920180309
09-Mar-2018 11:45:59	30	2611.0000	XLON	01503015000082569-E0YxVpvzYEKD20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:51:15	161	2607.0000	XLON	11503115000081778-E0YxVpvzYGfr20180309
09-Mar-2018 11:58:55	118	2604.0000	XLON	01503015000086013-E0YxVpvzYM5w20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:09:50	35	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000089295-E0YxVpvzYUWZ20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:09:50	66	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000089295-E0YxVpvzYUWX20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:15:13	107	2602.0000	XLON	11503115000090722-E0YxVpvzYXdB20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:20:36	107	2602.0000	XLON	11503115000092044-E0YxVpvzYadA20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:25:59	11	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000093125-E0YxVpvzYcuo20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:25:59	31	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000093125-E0YxVpvzYcuq20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:25:59	49	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000093125-E0YxVpvzYcuk20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:25:59	5	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000093125-E0YxVpvzYcus20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:25:59	4	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000093125-E0YxVpvzYcuu20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:25:59	13	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000093125-E0YxVpvzYcum20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:31:53	29	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000094397-E0YxVpvzYfW420180309
09-Mar-2018 12:31:53	32	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000094397-E0YxVpvzYfWA20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:31:53	8	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000094397-E0YxVpvzYfW820180309
09-Mar-2018 12:31:53	38	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000094397-E0YxVpvzYfW620180309
09-Mar-2018 12:37:30	108	2602.0000	XLON	01503015000095560-E0YxVpvzYhyo20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:43:13	110	2602.0000	XLON	11503115000096833-E0YxVpvzYkqS20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:47:39	129	2601.0000	XLON	11503115000096708-E0YxVpvzYmwQ20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:54:26	5	2601.0000	XLON	01503015000100248-E0YxVpvzYqlX20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:54:26	17	2601.0000	XLON	01503015000100248-E0YxVpvzYqlV20180309
09-Mar-2018 12:54:26	42	2601.0000	XLON	01503015000100248-E0YxVpvzYqlZ20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:16:48	65	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000105800-E0YxVpvzZ49220180309
09-Mar-2018 13:16:48	108	2613.0000	XLON	01503015000105793-E0YxVpvzZ48y20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:16:48	112	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000105799-E0YxVpvzZ48n20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:16:48	42	2613.0000	XLON	11503115000105800-E0YxVpvzZ49020180309
09-Mar-2018 13:23:11	124	2614.0000	XLON	01503015000107672-E0YxVpvzZ7k320180309
09-Mar-2018 13:25:12	107	2616.0000	XLON	01503015000108596-E0YxVpvzZ9Ga20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:30:23	108	2628.0000	XLON	11503115000111080-E0YxVpvzZGTv20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:32:10	100	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000112310-E0YxVpvzZL7v20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:32:10	11	2625.0000	XLON	11503115000112310-E0YxVpvzZL7x20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:35:13	108	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000114350-E0YxVpvzZRZY20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:41:40	100	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000117595-E0YxVpvzZa4p20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:45:51	29	2634.0000	XLON	11503115000118943-E0YxVpvzZenp20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:51:08	108	2637.0000	XLON	11503115000120785-E0YxVpvzZjyL20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:57:13	46	2639.0000	XLON	01503015000123346-E0YxVpvzZowR20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:57:13	104	2639.0000	XLON	01503015000123346-E0YxVpvzZowP20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:59:17	53	2638.0000	XLON	11503115000124251-E0YxVpvzZqgy20180309
09-Mar-2018 13:59:17	97	2638.0000	XLON	11503115000124251-E0YxVpvzZqgv20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:01:25	118	2636.0000	XLON	01503015000124316-E0YxVpvzZsVu20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:03:42	4	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000125550-E0YxVpvzZusY20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:03:42	103	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000125550-E0YxVpvzZusb20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:05:47	108	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000126370-E0YxVpvzZwS120180309
09-Mar-2018 14:12:45	107	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000129152-E0YxVpvza1w320180309
09-Mar-2018 14:18:15	108	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000131250-E0YxVpvza6Mq20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:20:22	25	2628.0000	XLON	11503115000131625-E0YxVpvza8Dq20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:20:22	83	2628.0000	XLON	11503115000131625-E0YxVpvza8Ds20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:26:05	107	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000134587-E0YxVpvzaCre20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:29:20	22	2631.0000	XLON	11503115000136730-E0YxVpvzaG7E20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:29:20	8	2631.0000	XLON	11503115000136730-E0YxVpvzaG7G20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:29:20	80	2631.0000	XLON	11503115000136730-E0YxVpvzaG7C20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:34:46	31	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000136906-E0YxVpvzaOE420180309
09-Mar-2018 14:34:46	84	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000136906-E0YxVpvzaOE220180309
09-Mar-2018 14:37:16	55	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000141216-E0YxVpvzaS6C20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:37:16	26	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000141216-E0YxVpvzaS6A20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:42:36	118	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000143386-E0YxVpvzaZ2N20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:43:56	80	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000145572-E0YxVpvzaaxQ20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:43:56	27	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000145572-E0YxVpvzaaxS20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:46:53	26	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000147426-E0YxVpvzag5X20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:49:50	70	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000149400-E0YxVpvzakBN20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:49:50	10	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000149400-E0YxVpvzakBR20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:49:50	15	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000149400-E0YxVpvzakBP20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:50:04	136	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000149248-E0YxVpvzakTJ20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:50:04	3	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000149248-E0YxVpvzakTM20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:54:49	113	2631.0000	XLON	11503115000151940-E0YxVpvzarAZ20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:56:13	24	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000152980-E0YxVpvzatIH20180309
09-Mar-2018 14:56:13	85	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000152980-E0YxVpvzatIJ20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:00:31	114	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000155458-E0YxVpvzaz1x20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:03:31	112	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000155963-E0YxVpvzb45q20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:07:46	106	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000160628-E0YxVpvzbAU420180309
09-Mar-2018 15:09:40	156	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000161891-E0YxVpvzbDfB20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:09:40	5	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000161891-E0YxVpvzbDf720180309
09-Mar-2018 15:15:16	110	2631.0000	XLON	11503115000165349-E0YxVpvzbMmp20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:16:43	117	2631.0000	XLON	11503115000166003-E0YxVpvzbP4Y20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:23:47	126	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000169939-E0YxVpvzbYGM20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:24:27	38	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000170416-E0YxVpvzbZFo20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:27:31	107	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000172055-E0YxVpvzbdhm20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:29:27	107	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000173164-E0YxVpvzbgkg20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:29:27	107	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000172184-E0YxVpvzbgkP20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:31:25	25	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000174130-E0YxVpvzbk0R20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:31:25	88	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000174130-E0YxVpvzbk0T20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:37:31	140	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000178059-E0YxVpvzbsdi20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:40:03	108	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000179531-E0YxVpvzbvYx20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:43:16	108	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000181662-E0YxVpvzbzHo20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:44:30	129	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000182285-E0YxVpvzc0mM20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:47:53	147	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000184084-E0YxVpvzc52720180309
09-Mar-2018 15:53:57	107	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000187476-E0YxVpvzcBrs20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:55:06	107	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000188220-E0YxVpvzcDCb20180309
09-Mar-2018 15:58:40	108	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000190066-E0YxVpvzcGo420180309
09-Mar-2018 15:59:26	66	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000190541-E0YxVpvzcI8520180309
09-Mar-2018 15:59:26	43	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000190541-E0YxVpvzcI8320180309
09-Mar-2018 16:00:30	118	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000191316-E0YxVpvzcJSY20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:03:49	11	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000193961-E0YxVpvzcONS20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:03:49	107	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000193128-E0YxVpvzcONO20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:04:27	112	2628.0000	XLON	11503115000194385-E0YxVpvzcPJe20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:05:12	134	2627.0000	XLON	01503015000193896-E0YxVpvzcQMv20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:08:49	48	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000197983-E0YxVpvzcVVH20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:12:09	107	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000200317-E0YxVpvzcZde20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:15:04	94	2628.0000	XLON	11503115000202976-E0YxVpvzcdNT20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:15:17	132	2627.0000	XLON	11503115000202914-E0YxVpvzcdqo20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:17:09	122	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000204423-E0YxVpvzcgPu20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:17:39	103	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000204737-E0YxVpvzcgxy20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:19:11	38	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000205936-E0YxVpvzcj6Z20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:19:11	56	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000205936-E0YxVpvzcj6X20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:19:26	99	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000206154-E0YxVpvzcjTB20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:22:04	102	2629.0000	XLON	11503115000207779-E0YxVpvzco1O20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:24:05	29	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000210289-E0YxVpvzcrkG20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:24:07	20	2629.0000	XLON	01503015000208867-E0YxVpvzcrm820180309
09-Mar-2018 16:24:49	29	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000212099-E0YxVpvzct4e20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:26:05	9	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000214270-E0YxVpvzcuwE20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:26:06	14	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000214270-E0YxVpvzcuwC20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:27:35	21	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000214452-E0YxVpvzcxnP20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:27:50	23	2630.0000	XLON	11503115000216617-E0YxVpvzcyHR20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:28:17	20	2632.0000	XLON	01503015000216868-E0YxVpvzczFV20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:29:25	21	2630.0000	XLON	01503015000217738-E0YxVpvzd1bb20180309
09-Mar-2018 16:29:56	16	2631.0000	XLON	01503015000218168-E0YxVpvzd37Z20180309

Rebecca Dunn

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 486864