Treasury Stock

Spectris plc

                          Transfer of Treasury Shares                          


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


2,786 shares at 5 pence per share


Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares
in issue (excluding the total of 7,763,513 ordinary shares now held in
treasury) is 117,241,610.


Enquiries:

Spectris plc

Robert Martin

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470