Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1)   Name of company

SPECTRIS plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.

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

THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 ABOVE

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

WANGER INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP ADVISOR - STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 550,000

LIBERTY ACORN FUND - STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 1,700,000

LIBERTY ACORN INTERNATIONAL FUND - STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 2,320,000

AXP PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND - BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES
LTD, 87,500

WANGER EUROPEAN SMALL CAP FUND - STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 203,000

OREGON STATE TREASURY - STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 50,000

TOTAL 4,910,500 SHARES

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

UNKNOWN

6)   Percentage of issued class

UNKNOWN

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

UNKNOWN

8)   Percentage of issued class

UNKNOWN

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P

10)  Date of transaction

NOT PROVIDED

11)  Date company informed

21st November 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

4,910,500
 


         
            
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.97%

14)  Any additional information

N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Delores Cameron 01784 470 470

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification

     Date of notification ...Delores Cameron 21st November 2002…………....