Annual Financial Report

Renishaw plc (the "Company")

Annual report and accounts 2014

Further to the publication on 23rd July 2014 of the Company's preliminary announcement of its annual results for the year ended 30th June 2014 (the "Preliminary Announcement"), it is confirmed that a copy of the following has today been posted to shareholders and submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.co:

1. Annual report and accounts for the year ended 30th June 2014;

2. Notice of AGM; and

3. Proxy form.

The Annual report and accounts 2014 and Notice of AGM will also be available on www.renishaw.com.

In compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the following information, together with the Preliminary Announcement (available on www.renishaw.com), forms the information required by DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated to the media in unedited full text.

Directors' responsibility statement

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

(a) the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

(b) the Strategic report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

Signed on behalf of the Board

Allen Roberts

Group Finance Director

23rd July 2014

Norma Tang

Head of Legal & Company Secretary

22nd August 2014

Renishaw plc

Registered office: New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR UK

Registered number: 1106260, England and Wales

Contact name: Norma Tang

Contact telephone: + 44 (0)1453 52445

www.renishaw.com