Director/PDMR Shareholding

Spectris plc                                  

                          Director/PDMR Shareholding                           

This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4(1)(a).

On 18 May 2006, awards were granted under the Spectris Performance Share Plan
("Plan") to certain directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities.

The awards were granted in the form of nominal cost options with an exercise
price of 5 pence per share.

The awards became exercisable on 18 May 2009 for a period of 12 months.

On 20 May 209, the following individuals exercised their awards in accordance
with the rules of the Plan over the number of shares set out in the table
below.

          Name            Total number of 
                         shares exercised 
                                          
     Roger Stephens           14,341      
                                          
     James Webster            21,960      
                                          

The Company was informed by the individuals listed above of the above
transactions on 20 May 2009.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Robert Martin

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470

For and on behalf of Spectris plc

Date: 21 May 2009