Spectris plc Transfer of Treasury Shares

Spectris plc announces that on 9th May 2012, the following ordinary shares were transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employee share option allotments under the Spectris Performance Share Plan:

2,786 shares at 5 pence per share

Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding the total of 7,763,513 ordinary shares now held in treasury) is 117,241,610.

Enquiries: Spectris plc Robert Martin Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470