Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                               
                                                                                         
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                                
                                                                                         

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                              
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights               Spectris plc              
are attached: ii                                                                         
                                                                                         

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                         Yes   
                                                                                          
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result     No    
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached           
                                                                                          
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to           No    
qualifying financial instruments                                                          
                                                                                          
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                    No    
                                                                                          
Other (please                                                                       No    
specify):                                                                                 
                                                                                          

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                   Kames Capital                 
notification obligation: iii                                                             
                                                                                         
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if                                                      
different from 3.):iv                                                                    
                                                                                         
5. Date of the transaction and date on                    1 September 2011               
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                                               
v                                                                                        
                                                                                         
6. Date on which issuer notified:                         5 September 2011               
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                           6%                      
reached: vi, vii                                                                         
                                                                                         


 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Class/type of       Situation previous                   Resulting situation after               
shares               to the triggering                        the triggering                     
                        transaction                             transaction                      
                                                                                                 
if possible using   Number      Number      Number         Number of            % of  voting     
the ISIN CODE         of          of      of shares         voting                rights x       
                    Shares      Voting                      rights                               
                                Rights                                                           
                                                                                                 
                                            Direct   Direct xi   Indirect    Direct     Indirect 
                                                                   xii                           
                                                                                                 
GB0003308607       6,976,616   6,976,616  6,044,593  6,044,593   792,723      5.20%      0.68%   
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                              
                                                                                                 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                             
                                                                                                 
  Type of financial    Expiration        Exercise/          Number of voting       % of voting   
      instrument        date xiii  Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be         rights     
                                                             acquired if the                     
                                                              instrument is                      
                                                          exercised/ converted.                  
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                 
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                           
                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          
                                                                                              
Type of financial  Exercise  Expiration  Exercise/     Number of voting        % of voting    
   instrument       price    date xvii  Conversion    rights instrument      rights xix, xx   
                                          period          refers to                           
                                           xviii                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                            Nominal    Delta  
                                                                                              
  Contract for       n/a        n/a         n/a              n/a             0.00%       1    
   Difference                                                                                 
                                                                                              

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                            
                                                                                         
          Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights         
                                                                                         
                                                                5.88%                    
                 6,837,316                                                               
                                                                                         
                                                                                         


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                             Kames Capital: -                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                             Kames Capital plc                                          
                                                                                        
                             Kames Capital Management Ltd                               
                                                                                        
                             Kames Capital ICVC                                         
                                                                                        
                             Kames Capital VCIC                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

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

 

13. Additional information:                                                              
                                                                                         
14. Contact name:                                           James Quigley                
                                                                                         
15. Contact telephone number:                               0131 549 4180                
                                                                                         


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                          
                                                                                        
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares xxii                                   
                                                                                        

                                                                               

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation

Full name                                                   Kames Capital                
(including legal form of legal entities)                                                 
                                                                                         
Contact address                                  3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park,      
(registered office for legal entities)                                                   
                                                         Edinburgh, EH12 9SA             
                                                                                         
Phone number & email                                       0870 60 90 101                
                                                                                         
Other useful information                           Alison Talbot, Company Seretary       
(at least legal representative for legal                                                 
persons)                                                    0131 549 4129                
                                                                                         

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                      Robert Martin, Deputy Company Secretary   
                                                                                         
Contact address                              Spectris plc, Station Road, Egham, Surrey,  
                                                              TW20 9NP                   
                                                                                         
Phone number & email                                        01784 470 470                
                                                                                         
Other useful information(e.g. functional                                                 
relationship with the person or legal                                                    
entity subject to the notification                                                       
obligation)                                                                              
                                                                                         

 

C: Additional information                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.