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Spectris PLC 7 January 2002 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company SPECTRIS plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SHARES HELD IN PORTFOLIOS MANAGED ON DISCRETIONARY BASIS ON BEHLAF OF CLIENTS UNDER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them SCHRODER NOMINEES LIMITED (SCHRODER NOMINEES) 5,469,079 SCHRODER UNIT TRUSTS LIMITED (SUTL) 1,001,164 SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LIMITED (SIMNA LTD) 73,422 SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC (SIMNA INC), 608,696 BANQUE INTERNATIONALE LUXEMBOURG, 45,000 BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS, 10,000 BRITISH COAL STAFF SUPERANNUATION A/C: P, 964,540 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD A/C 6B, 175,000 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, 198,700 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED, 19,300 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES LTD A/C 771401, 12,773 MINEWORKERS PENSION SCHEME (CLIENT) NOMINEES LTD A/C R, 503,004 MORGAN NOMINEES LTD 60,000 MORGAN NOMINEES LTD A/C A, 6,400 MORGAN NOMINEES LTD A/C B, 172,750 MSS NOMINEES LTD A/C 756593, 75,000 MSS NOMINEES LTD A/C 759371, 39,625 MSS NOMINEES LTD A/C 809797, 162,298 MSS NOMINEES LTD A/C 831286, 315,887 MSS NOMINEES LTD A/C 846435, 202,581 NETWORK NOMINEES (SIX) LIMITED, 619,000 NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD, 283,332 NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD A/C SRC13, 33,833 NUTRACO NOMINEES LTD, 137,933 NUTRACO NOMINEES LTD A/C GWPPCIF, 250,000 NUTRACO NOMINEES LTD A/C GWPPMPS, 70,000 PICTET AND CIE, 9,455 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD, 270,049 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD A/C AAUKPS, 58,333 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD A/C SUNPEN, 4,300 RBSTB NOMINEES LTD A/C LAUR, 11,000 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED, 72,875 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired NOT KNOWN 6) Percentage of issued class NOT KNOWN 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT KNOWN 8) Percentage of issued class NOT KNOWN 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P 10) Date of transaction NOT KNOWN 11) Date company informed 4TH JANUARY 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 11,935,329 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.672% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DIANE EVERED 01784 470470 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of notification .......7TH JANUARY 2001.

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