Transaction in Own Shares

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc

19 December 2008 

Transaction in Own Shares 

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc announces that it has today purchased through Merrill Lynch International 30,000 ordinary shares at a price of 904.12 pence per share.

The purchased shares will all be held in treasury. Following the above purchase, Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc will hold 1,255,542 ordinary shares in treasury.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares to be held in treasury) is 75,971,974.

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