Transaction in Own Shares

Spectris PLC 18 December 2007 Spectris plc: Transaction in own shares Pursuant to the regulatory announcement made by Spectris plc on 30 November 2007 that it intends to undertake additional share repurchases under its share buy-back programme, Spectris plc announces that, on 18 December 2007, it purchased 20,000 of its 5p ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price paid per share of 657.38p. Spectris plc purchased these shares via Hoare Govett Limited's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., London Branch. The highest price paid per share was 658.5p, and the lowest price paid was 657p. Spectris plc has purchased, to date, 8,927,000 of its own shares since making an initial announcement concerning the buyback on 23 February 2007. The shares purchased are held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Spectris plc holds 8,333,358 shares in treasury. The balance of the purchased shares has been used to satisfy share option exercises under Spectris plc's share option schemes. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is 116,671,765. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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