Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9176T

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

15 June 2009

TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Spirax- Sarco
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Transitional Notification
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Sprucegrove Investment Management
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	June 12, 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	June 15, 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6.00%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0008347048	4,550,908	4,550,908		4,701,681		6.18%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Sprucegrove Investment Management
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3M7
Phone number	416-363-5854 x.237
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	Angie Visentin
Contact address	(same as above)
Phone number	416-363-5854 x.237
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Portfolio Administrator