9th Sep 2005 16:41
Halma PLC09 September 2005 HALMA p.l.c. INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 9 September 2005 fromSilchester International Investors Limited. Silchester International Investors Limited ("Silchester") acts as an InvestmentManager for a number of commingled funds (its "Clients"). In acting for itsClients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments, and areempowered to vote on their behalf. However, Silchester do not act as theirCustodian, and therefore shares are not held in the name of Silchester, but inthe nominee name of its Clients' Custodian bank. In addition, Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued share capital of SandersonAsset Management Limited (" Sanderson"), a UK limited company that also acts asan Investment Manager for a number of commingled funds and separate accounts. In acting for its clients, Sanderson are given full discretion over theirinvestments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Sanderson donot act as its clients' Custodian and therefore shares are not held inSanderson's name, but in the nominee name of Sanderson's clients' Custodianbank. Silchester's share ownership in Sanderson does not allow Silchester to exerciseany direct or indirect control over Sanderson's investment strategy, philosophyor implementation, the investments that Sanderson may purchase or sell on behalfof its clients, or the manner in which Sanderson may vote proxies that arisefrom its client investments. However, Silchester is deemed to have an'interest' in shares that Sanderson controls by virtue of Section 203(2)(b) ofthe Companies Act 1985. Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Silchester, on behalf of itsclients, have resulted in Silchester having an interest in the following shares(also see table below): SILCHESTER 65,887,378 Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Sanderson, on behalf of itsclients, have resulted in Sanderson having an interest in the following shares,and Silchester having an interest over the same shares for the purposes ofSection 203(2)(6) of the Companies Act 1985 (also see table below): SANDERSON 11,913,000 Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class: HALMA p.l.c. 369,081,347 As such, Silchester has an interest over 21.08% of the shares of that class. Two of Silchester's clients control 11.31% and 5.02%. This interest is beingnotified in fulfillment of the obligations imposed by Sections 198-202 of theCompanies Act 1985. Silchester does not have an interest mentioned in Section208(5) of the Companies Act 1985 in any of the shares to which this notificationrelates. Registered holder(s) and the number of shares held by each of them: Share Class: Ordinary Silchester International Investors LimitedClient ownership Silchester Account Nominee % of Class Share- Voting holding Authority Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co 5.02 18,517,637 YesInternational Value Equity GroupTrust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co 0.80 2,968,657 YesTobacco Free International ValueEquity Trust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co 11.31 41,737,280 YesInternational ValueEquity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 0.72 2,663,804 Yes Total 65,887,378 Sanderson Asset Management LimitedClient ownership Silchester Account Nominee % of Class Share- Voting Holding Authority BUST Northern Trust Co 1.29 4,775,000 YesCAT Pictet & Cie 0.07 274,000 YesDYN State Street 0.06 228,000 YesEUF State Street 0.20 730,000 YesGOLF Bank of New York 0.04 152,000 YesGRIT Northern Trust Co 0.42 1,553,000 YesINGOT Mellon Trust 0.10 352,000 YesIVF State Street 0.07 266,000 YesMINI State Street 0.17 613,000 YesOCEAN Northern Trust Co 0.06 235,000 YesOVAL Mellon Trust 0.09 324,400 YesPEARL Northern Trust Co 0.02 60,000 YesRAIN Citigroup 0.08 278,000 YesSTAMP Northern Trust Co 0.05 191,000 YesTIME Bank of New York 0.01 52,000 YesTRAY Northern Trust Co 0.25 938,600 YesWHEAT Mellon Trust 0.10 361,000 YesWINDY Northern Trust Co 0.07 253,000 YesWOGAN Northern Trust Co 0.08 277,000 Yes Total 11,913,000 Contact for further information: Carol Chesney Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111 A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its web site www.halma.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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