Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FCA 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
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 the notification obligation: iii		Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		4 November 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		5 November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		10%

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 rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0003308607

11,980,963

11,980,963

12,039,317

10.11%

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

12,039,317

10.11%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Entity                                                                          Voting Rights Held               Percentage Held MFS Investment Management (LUX) SA                           15,329.00                               0.0129% MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd                        35,814.00                               0.0301% Massachusetts Financial Services Company                7,972,394.00                               6.6972% MFS Heritage Trust Company                                          188,153.00                               0.1581% MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc                                         479,433.00                               0.4027% MFS international (UK) Ltd                                            3,330,302.00                               2.7976% MFS Investment Management KK                                      17,892.00                               0.0150%  Notifiable Interest                                                       12,039,317.00                                10.1136%    Vioting  Rights Outstanding                                     119,041,121.00
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 FCA 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)	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	111 Huntingdon Avenue, Boston, MA 02199, USA
Phone number & email	00 1 617 954 7283
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Kathleen M White
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Claire Spencer, Assistant 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 FCA website.