Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which Spectris 
voting rights are attached:ii                                                     plc   
                                                                                        

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                         Yes 
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to       Massachusetts Financial Services Company     
the notification obligation:iii                                                         
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if    MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf
different from 3.):iv                    of its various mutual funds and institutional  
                                                        account clients                 
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                 30 September 2010                
which the threshold is crossed or                                                       
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                       1 October 2010                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                        5%                        
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Class/type of      Situation previous                   Resulting situation after                 
shares              to the triggering                         the triggering                      
                       transaction                             transaction                        
                                                                                                  
if possible using   Number     Number        Number              Number of          % of  voting  
the ISIN CODE         of         of         of shares             voting              rights x    
                    Shares     Voting                             rights                          
                               Rights                                                             
                                                                                                  
                                             Direct       Direct xi  Indirect xii Direct  Indirect
                                                                                                  
GB0003308607       6,381,159  5,906,095        N/A           N/A      5,611,725     N/A    4.84%  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                               
                                                                                                  
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                              
                                                                                                  
    Type of financial     Expiration       Exercise/           Number of voting      % of voting  
       instrument         date xiii  Conversion Period xiv    rights that may be        rights    
                                                                acquired if the                   
                                                                 instrument is                    
                                                             exercised/ converted.                
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of financial Exercise Expiration    Exercise/    Number of voting     % of voting  
   instrument      price    date xvii   Conversion    rights instrument  rights xix, xx 
                                       period xviii       refers to                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal  Delta 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
        Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                        
                                                              4.84%                     
               5,611,725                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
          Spectris plc - 0330860                                                        
                                                                                        
          Holdings as of 30 September 2010                                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Entity                                                                                  
Holding                                 Percentage held                                 
                                                                                        
          MFS Investment Management (MFS)                                               
                        2,587,210                                         2.23%         
                                                                                        
          MFS Heritage Trust Company (MFSHE)                                            
50,600                                         0.04%                                    
                                                                                        
          MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc (MFSI)                                        
 389,834                                         0.34%                                  
                                                                                        
          MFS International Ltd (MIL)                                                   
      753,460                                         0.65%                             
                                                                                        
          MFS International (UK) Limited (MIL UK)                                       
     1,830,621                                        1.58%                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
          Notifiable                                                                    
Interest                                                                                
5,611,725                                         4.84%                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
           Shares Outstanding                                                           
115,876,066                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                       N/A 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                        N/A 
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                    N/A 
                                                                                        

 

13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                                           
                                                                                        


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                          
                                                                                        
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii                                    
                                                                                        

                                                                               

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation

Full name                                           Massachusetts Financial Services    
(including legal form of legal entities)                         Company                
                                                                                        
Contact address                                            500 Boylston Street          
(registered office for legal entities)                                                  
                                                          Boston, MA 02116, USA         
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                        00 1 617 954 5814           
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
(at least legal representative for legal                    Robert R Flaherty           
persons)                                                                                
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                                       Robert Martin, Deputy   
                                                                  Company Secretary     
                                                                                        
Contact address                                              Spectris plc, Station Road,
                                                               Egham, Surrey, TW20 9NP  
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                01784 470 470       
                                                                                        
Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with                              
the person or legal entity subject to the notification                                  
obligation)                                                                             
                                                                                        

 

C: Additional information                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.