12th Jul 2005 14:55
Halma PLC12 July 2005 HALMA p.l.c. INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 8 July 2005 from Silchester International InvestorsLimited. Silchester International Investors Limited ("Silchester") acts as an Investment Manager for a number ofcommingled funds (its "Clients"). In acting for its Clients, Silchester are given full discretion overtheir investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Silchester do not act as theirCustodian, and therefore shares are not held in the name of Silchester, but in the nominee name of itsClients' Custodian bank. In addition, Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued share capital of Sanderson Asset Management Limited ("Sanderson"), a UK limited company that also acts as an Investment Manager for a number of commingled fundsand separate accounts. In acting for its clients, Sanderson are given full discretion over theirinvestments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Sanderson do not act as its clients'Custodian and therefore shares are not held in Sanderson's name, but in the nominee name of Sanderson'sclients' Custodian bank. Silchester's share ownership in Sanderson does not allow Silchester to exercise any direct or indirectcontrol over Sanderson's investment strategy, philosophy or implementation, the investments that Sandersonmay purchase or sell on behalf of 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 Sandersoncontrols by virtue of Section 203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985. Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Silchester, on behalf of its clients, have resulted inSilchester 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 its clients, have resulted inSanderson having an interest in the following shares, and Silchester having an interest over the same sharesfor the purposes of Section 203(2)(6) of the Companies Act 1985 (also see table below): SANDERSON 10,078,500 Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class: HALMA p.l.c. 368,800,919 As such, Silchester has an interest over 20.60% of the shares of that class. One of Silchester's clientscontrols 11.33% of the shares of that class and another client controls 5.02%. This interest is beingnotified in fulfillment of the obligations imposed by Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985. Silchesterdoes not have an interest mentioned in Section 208(5) of the Companies Act 1985 in any of the shares towhich this notification relates. Registered holder(s) and the number of shares held by each of them: Silchester International Investors Limited Client 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 11.33 41,792,919 YesInternational ValueEquity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 0.71 2,608,165 Yes Total 65,887,378 Sanderson Asset Management Limited Client ownership Silchester Account Nominee % of Class Share- Voting holding Authority BUST Northern Trust Co 0.88 3,249,000 YesGRIT Northern Trust Co 0.42 1,553,000 YesOCEAN Northern Trust Co 0.04 158,500 YesPEARL Northern Trust Co 0.02 60,000 YesRIVAL Northern Trust Co 0.03 113,000 YesSTAMP Northern Trust Co 0.05 191,000 YesTRAY Northern Trust Co 0.25 938,600 YesWINDY Northern Trust Co 0.07 253,000 YesCAT Pictet & Cie 0.06 206,000 YesDYN State Street 0.06 228,000 YesEUF State Street 0.20 730,000 YesIVF State Street 0.07 266,000 YesMINI State Street 0.17 613,000 YesGOLF Bank of New York 0.04 152,000 YesTIME Bank of New York 0.01 52,000 YesINGOT Mellon Trust 0.10 352,000 YesOVAL Mellon Trust 0.09 324,400 YesWHEAT Mellon Trust 0.10 361,000 YesRAIN Citigroup 0.08 278,000 Yes Total 10,078,500 Contact for further information: Kevin Thompson Finance Director, 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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