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 Spectris 
voting rights are attached:ii                                                     plc   
                                                                                        

 

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         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to       Massachusetts Financial Services Company     
the notification obligation:iii                                                         
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if    MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf
different from 3.):iv                    of its various mutual funds and institutional  
                                                        account clients                 
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                  8 November 2013                 
which the threshold is crossed or                                                       
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                      11 November 2013                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                        5%                        
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 xii Direct  Indirect
                                                                                                  
GB0003308607       5,917,991  5,917,991        N/A           N/A      5,952,015     N/A    5.02%  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
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 xviii       refers to                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal  Delta 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
        Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                        
               5,952,015                                      5.02%                     
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
Entity                                                                                  
                 Voting Rights Held               Percentage Held                       
                                                                                        
LUX       - MFS Investment Management (LUX) SA                                          
                  6,069.00                               0.0051%                        
                                                                                        
MILC     - MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd                                         
                   56,266.00                               0.0474%                      
                                                                                        
MFS      - Massachusetts Financial Services Company                                     
 4,476,411.00                               3.7744%                                     
                                                                                        
MFSHE - MFS Heritage Trust Company                                                      
             132,297.00                               0.1115%                           
                                                                                        
MFSI     - MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc                                              
         383,442.00                               0.3233%                               
                                                                                        
MILUK   - MFS international (UK) Ltd                                                    
        886,500.00                               0.7475%                                
                                                                                        
MIMKK  - MFS Investment Management KK                                                   
           11,030.00                               0.0093%                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
 Notifiable Interest                                                                    
                      5,952,015.00                              5.02%                   
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
 Vioting  Rights Outstanding                                                            
                   118,600,119.00                                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

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

 

13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                                           
                                                                                        


 

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                                           Massachusetts Financial Services    
(including legal form of legal entities)                         Company                
                                                                                        
Contact address                                           111 Huntingdon Avenue         
(registered office for legal entities)                                                  
                                                          Boston, MA 02199, USA         
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                        00 1 617 954 5814           
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
(at least legal representative for legal                    Robert R Flaherty           
persons)                                                                                
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                                         Robert Martin, Deputy 
                                                                    Company Secretary   
                                                                                        
                                                                 Spectris plc, Heritage 
Contact address                                                    House, Church Road,  
                                                                                        
                                                                 Egham, Surrey TW20 9QD 
                                                                                        
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.