1st Sep 2009 13:47
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 26 August 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 26 August 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 Jeremy Morcom 17,133 6,998 679.2966
The above awards were satisfied using treasury shares. In total 17,133 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 9,575,436 ordinary shares now held in treasury) is 115,429,687.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Robert MartinDeputy Company Secretary01784 470 470
For and on behalf of Spectris plc
Date: 1 September 2009
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