27th May 2009 13:20
Spectris plc Announcement to the London Stock Exchange
This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4(1)(a) and LR 12.6.4.
On 20 May 2009, awards granted under the Spectris Performance Share Plan ("Plan") to certain directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities were exercised, as announced by the Company on 21 May 2009.
A number of individuals (where noted below) sold a proportion of the sharesacquired to fund their tax liabilities. The disposals were made on the LondonStock Exchange. Name Total number of Number of shares Price per share shares exercised disposed of to received on satisfy tax disposal liabilities Roger Stephens 14,341 5,986 497.916 James Webster 21,960 9,166 497.916
The above awards were satisfied using treasury shares. In total 36,301 treasury shares were transferred from the Company's treasury reserves.
Following the above transfer, the total number of Spectris plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding the total of 9,655,954 ordinary shares now held in treasury) is 115,349,169.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Robert MartinDeputy Company Secretary01784 470 470
For and on behalf of Spectris plc
Date: 27 May 2009
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