Spectris plc 


                          Transfer of Treasury Shares

Spectris plc announces that on 17 January 2013, the following ordinary shares were transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employee share option allotments under the Spectris Savings Related Share Option Scheme:

376 shares at 723 penceper share

Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding the total of 7,611,501 ordinary shares now held in treasury) is 117,393,622. 


Enquiries:
Spectris plc
Robert Martin
Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470 470

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