Treasury Stock

Spectris plc


                          Transfer of Treasury Shares                          


Spectris plc announces that on 20 December 2011, the following ordinary shares

were transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employee share option

allotments under the Spectris Performance Share Plan:


3,507 shares at 5 pence per share


Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares

in issue (excluding the total of 8,636,592 ordinary shares now held in

treasury) is 116,368,531.


Enquiries:


Spectris plc


Robert Martin


Deputy Company Secretary


01784 470 470