Treasury Stock

Spectris plc

                          Transfer of Treasury Shares                          

Spectris plc announces that on 9th March 2012, the following ordinary shares
were transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employee share option
allotments under the Spectris Performance Share Plan and the Spectris Savings
Related Share Option Scheme:

71,926 shares at 5 pence per share (PSP)

501 shares at 765.5 pence per share (SAYE)

Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares
in issue (excluding the total of 8,330,998 ordinary shares now held in
treasury) is 116,674,125.

Enquiries:

Spectris plc
Robert Martin
Deputy Company Secretary
01784 470 470