Director/PDMR Shareholding

Date: 5 October 2011

                         SPECTRIS plc (the "Company")                          

                      SHARE AWARD TO A PERSON DISCHARGING                      

                          MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES                          

                        SPECTRIS PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN                        

Under the terms of the Spectris Performance Share Plan, nominal cost options   
(with the grantee being required to pay, on the vesting of the Award, the par  
value of any shares released to him) were granted on 4 October 2011 to Mr      
Stephen Blair, Business Group Director of the Company. The award is in respect 
of the 3 year performance period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014. The       
maximum number of Spectris plc 5p Ordinary shares which Mr Blair could         
potentially receive in respect of this performance period (excluding those that
may be acquired with dividends paid on shares comprised in the Award), is      
14,340 shares. This figure represents 63 per cent of the level of grant that   
would have been granted to Mr Blair had he been in service for the full year.  
                                                                               
There are two performance conditions applying to the Award. 50% of the Award   
will be subject to a performance condition based on the compound annual        
earnings per share (EPS) growth in excess of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI)   
measured over three financial years commencing with the financial year in which
the Award is granted. The other 50% of the Award will be subject to a          
performance condition comparing the Company's total shareholder return against 
a comparator group comprised of the FTSE 250 (excluding Investment Trusts) over
three years from the date of grant.                                            
                                                                               
Shares vesting from the Award shall be retained by Mr Blair until his total    
shareholding in Spectris exceeds two times his salary in value.                

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Robert Martin

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470