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

LEGAL & GENERAL 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

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

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 886603,   880,876

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245,   522,995

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 361602,    29,500

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 130007,    80,000

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 282605,   662,913

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509,   150,500

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206, 2,979,663

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 866203,   174,833

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 914945,    45,583

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 923363,   163,144

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775237,    33,093

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 770286,   135,330

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 916681,     6,500

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 754612,   310,330

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 766793,    41,765

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 824434,     7,754

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 924422,    28,236

TOTAL 6,253,015 SHARES

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

145,543

6)   Percentage of issued class

0.11%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)   Percentage of issued class

N/A

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P

10)  Date of transaction

16 December 2003

11)  Date company informed

18 December 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

6,253,015
              
             
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.04%

14)  Any additional information

N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Pam Rixon 01784 470 470

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

     Date of notification ...19 December 2003....