Transaction in Own Shares

Spectris PLC 19 June 2007 Spectris plc: Transaction in own shares Spectris plc announces that on 19 June 2007 it purchased 100,000 of its 5p ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price paid per share of 910.930p. Spectris plc purchased these shares via Hoare Govett Limited's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., London Branch. The highest price paid per share was 918p, and the lowest price paid was 905p. Spectris plc has purchased, to date, 2,910,000 of its own shares since announcing a share buy-back in its 23 February 2007 preliminary results announcement. The shares purchased are held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Spectris plc holds 2,512,842 shares in treasury. The balance of the purchased shares has been used to satisfy share option exercises under Spectris plc's share option schemes. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is 122,492,281. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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