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 are                               Spectris PLC
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting                                                    X
rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               X
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                           BlackRock, Inc.      
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                   21st May 2012       
reached:v                                                                               
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   23rd May 2012       
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                        Holding has gone above 11%
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                      
                                                                                          
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                              
                                                                                          
Class/type   Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering           
of           to the triggering         transaction                                        
shares       transaction                                                                  
                                                                                          
             Number       Number       Number    Number of voting      % of  voting rights
if possible  of           of           of shares rights                x                  
using        Shares       Voting                                                          
the ISIN                  Rights       Direct    Direct xi  Indirect   Direct Indirect    
CODE                                                        xii                           
                                                                                          
GB0003308607 11,455,343   11,455,343   N/A       N/A        11,869,347 N/A    10.13%      
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                                          
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                      
                                                                                          
Type of        Expiration    Exercise/            Number of voting           % of voting  
financial      date xiii     Conversion Period    rights that may be         rights       
instrument                   xiv                  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       Exercise     Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting rights  % of voting     
financial     price        date xvii  Conversion instrument refers to     rights xix, xx  
instrument                            period                                              
                                      xviii                                               
                                                                                          
                                                                          Nominal Delta      
CFD                                              1,037,478                                
                                                                          0.89% 0.89%      
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Total (A+B+C)                                                                             
                                                                                          
Number of voting rights                      Percentage of voting rights                  
                                                                                          
12,906,825                                   11.01%                                       
                                                                                          


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 12,906,825 (11.01%)                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                        BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                       Andrew Manchester                               
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:           020 7743 5773                                   
                                                                                        


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                          
                                                                                        
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii                                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification                  
obligation                                                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                                                               
                                                                                        
(including legal form of legal entities)                 BlackRock, Inc.                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                                         
                                                         12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, 
(registered office for legal entities)                   EC2N 2DL                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                     020 7743 5773;                 
                                                         [e-mail]
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                                                                        
(at least legal representative for legal persons)        Andrew Manchester              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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.