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 voting rights are attached: ii

Spectris 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		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 5.21% comprised of Standard life Investments Limited - 5.031% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.179%
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	Vidacos Nominees/HSBC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	16 June 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17 June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%

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

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction				Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares	Number of voting rights			% of voting rightsx
					Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB0003308607	5,901,638		5,901,638		6,202,555	3,694,036		2,508,519	3.103%		2.107%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
6,202,555	5.21%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 5.21% comprised of Standard life Investments Limited - 5.031% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.179%

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

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	[e-mail] Standard Life Investments Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 245 6565

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 (including legal form of legal entities)	Standard Life Investments Ltd
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	[e-mail]
Phone number & email	0131 245 6565
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name	Robert Martin, Deputy Company Secretary
Contact address	Spectris plc, Heritage House, Church Road, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9QD
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.