Director Shareholding

Spectris PLC
14 January 2002

                                 SCHEDULE 11

         NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1)  Name of company

SPECTRIS plc

2)  Name of director


HANS DANIEL NILSSON

PAUL VICTOR BOUGHTON

JOHN WILLIAM POULTER

JAMES ANTHONY OTTER

JAMES CHARLES WEBSTER

JAMES GRAHAM ZACHARIAS


3)  Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
    holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect
of a non-beneficial interest

NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST

4)  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
    number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

THE TRUSTEE OF THE SPECTRIS plc QUALIFYING EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP TRUST

5)  Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
    with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

N/A

6)  Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
    please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
    discretionary

ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p BY THE SPECTRIS plc
QUALIFYING EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP TRUST OF WHICH THE DIRECTORS ARE AMONGST
THE CLASS OF BENEFICIARIES.

7)  Number of shares/amount of
    stock acquired

86,374

8)  Percentage of issued class

0.077%%

9)  Number of shares/amount
    of stock disposed

87,773

10) Percentage of issued class

0.078%

11) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p

12) Price per share

SEE BELOW

13) Date of transaction

SEE BELOW

14) Date company informed



15) Total holding following this notification

27,822 SHARES

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.025%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

N/A

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

N/A

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

N/A

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

N/A

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
    is to be fixed at time of exercise

N/A

22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
    following this notification


N/A

23) Any additional information

Date of                  No. of         No. of        Share        Price Per
  Transaction              Shares         Shares      Balance           Share 
                        acquired       disposed        Held                   
  21/03/2001                  -             364       28,857       £2.388032p 
  24/04/2001                  -             629       28,228       £2.388032p 
  16/05/2001                  -           4,116       24,112       £2.388032p 
  '                           -             131       23,981       £3.957328p 
  06/06/2001                  -             656       23,325         £5.2537p 
  '                           -             194       23,131       £2.388032p 
  11/06/2001                  -           2,297       20,834         £5.2537p 
  '                           -              69       20,765       £3.957328p 
  '                           -           1,303       19,462       £2.388032p 
  21/06/2001                  -           3,841       15,621       £2.388032p 
  '                           -              97       15,524       £3.957328p 
  12/07/2001                  -           2,696       12,828       £2.388032p 
  26/07/2001              41,213             -        54,041          £3.865p 
  31/07/2001                  -          35,833       18,208       £2.388032p 
  '                           -             258       17,950       £3.957328p 
  07/08/2001                  -           9,276        8,674       £2.388032p 
  '                           -             154        8,520       £3.957328p 
  16/08/2001                  -            2520        6,000       £2.388032p 
  17/08/2001              34,204             -        40,204          £3.765p 
  07/09/2001                  -          20,001       20,203       £2.388032p 
  20/09/2001                  -           2,151       18,052       £2.388032p 
  08/10/2001                  -             445       17,607       £2.388032p 
  19/12/2001                  -             742       16,865       £2.388032p 
  21/12/2001              10,957             -        27,822          £4.725p 

   

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

DIANE EVERED 01784 470 470

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
    making this notification

    Date of Notification........14th JANUARY 2002..........................