Annual Report

Spectris plc                                  
                                                                               
                              2012 Annual Report                               
                                                                               
20 March 2013 - Spectris plc (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing            
instrumentation and controls company, announces that the following documents   
have been posted or otherwise made available to shareholders:                  
                                                                               
Annual Report and Accounts                                                     
                                                                               
Notice of 2013 Annual General Meeting                                          
                                                                               
Form of Proxy                                                                  
                                                                               
Copies of the Spectris plc 2012 Annual Report & Accounts, Notice of AGM and    
Proxy Form for the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism   
and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do       

The Spectris plc 2012 Annual Report & Accounts and Notice of the 2013 AGM are  
also available on the Spectris website at www.spectris.com                     
                                                                               
The requirements of DTR 6.3.5 (2)(b) were met in Spectris plc's 2012 Final     
Results announcement, excepting publication of the Directors' Responsibility   
Statement which follows:                                                       
                                                                               
We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:                                  
                                                                               
The financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of    
accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,    
financial position and profit or loss of the company and the undertakings      
included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and                            
                                                                               
The information that is cross-referred from the Business Review section of the 
Directors' Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of 
the business and the position of the issuer and the undertakings included in   
the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the         
principal risks and uncertainties that they face.                              

Enquiries:                                                                     
                                                                               
Robert Martin                                                                  
                                                                               
Spectris plc                                                                   
                                                                               
01784 470 470