Annual Report

Spectris plc                                  
                                                                               
                              2013 Annual Report                               
                                                                               
25 March 2014 - Spectris plc (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing            
instrumentation and controls company, announces that the following documents   
have been posted or otherwise made available to shareholders:                  
                                                                               
  * Annual Report and Accounts                                                 
                                                                               
  * Notice of 2014 Annual General Meeting                                      
                                                                               
  * Form of Proxy                                                              
                                                                               
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1 R, copies of each of the above documents 
will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will then be available 
for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.                                    

The Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of 2014 Annual General Meeting are   
also available on the Spectris website at www.spectris.com, as required by DTR 
6.3.5 R (3)(a).                                                                
                                                                               
The requirements of DTR 6.3.5 R (2)(b) were met in Spectris plc's 2013 Final   
Results announcement, excepting publication of the responsibility statement of 
the Directors in respect of the Annual Report and Accounts, which follows:     
                                                                               
We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:                                  
                                                                               
  * the Financial Statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of
    accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
    financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings  
    included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and                        
                                                                               
  * the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and         
    performance of the business and the position of the issuer and the         
    undertakings included in the consolidation, taken as a whole, together with
    a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.     

Enquiries:                                                                     
                                                                               
Robert Martin                                                                 
Spectris plc                                                                   
01784 470 470