Appointment of GC and Company Secretary

SPECTRIS PLC

SPECTRIS APPOINTS GENERAL COUNSEL AND COMPANY SECRETARY

1 November 2017 - Spectris plc ('Spectris') (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces the appointment of Mark Serföző as General Counsel (since 9 October 2017) and from today as Company Secretary. Mark is a member of the Spectris Executive Committee. Mark replaces Roger Stephens who is retiring from Spectris at the year end.

Mark joins Spectris from Rolls-Royce plc where he served as Director of Risk for four years and before that he spent 18 years at BAE Systems plc where he held a number of senior legal positions including latterly the role of Group Chief Counsel Compliance and Regulation.

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Contacts:

Spectris plc

Siobhán Andrews, Head of Corporate Affairs +44 1784 470470

FTI Consulting

Richard Mountain / Susanne Yule +44 203 727 1340

ABOUT SPECTRIS

Spectris plc is a leading supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls. The Company's products and technologies help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage and reduce time to market. Its global customer base spans a diverse range of end user markets. Spectris operates across four business segments which reflect the applications and industries it serves: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Headquartered in Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom, the Company employs approximately 9,000 people with offices in more than30 countries. For more information, visit www.spectris.com (http://www.spectris.com).