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Halma PLC01 August 2006 HALMA p.l.c. INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 1 August 2006 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. Silchester previously disclosed its holding in Halma p.l.c. jointly with sharescontrolled by Sanderson Asset Management Limited ("Sanderson") for the purposesof Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985. These disclosures were requiredbecause, prior to 28 July 2006, Silchester was deemed to have an 'interest' inshares that Sanderson controls by virtue of Section 203(2)(b) of the CompaniesAct 1985 due to Silchester's control of more than one-third of the votingcapital of Sanderson. On 28 July 2006, Sanderson amended its Articles to limitSilchester's voting rights in Sanderson to 19.9%. Due to this change in structure, Silchester is no longer required to jointlydisclose shares in Halma p.l.c. under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985. Silchester, as at the close of business on 28 July 2006, has an interest in thefollowing shares (also see below): SILCHESTER 40,540,871 Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class: HALMA p.l.c. 371,549,138 Silchester exercises control over 10.91% of the shares of that class, and of that, one of their clients controls 7.02%. Silchester International Investors Limited - client ownership: Company: Halma p.l.c. Share Class: Ordinary Issued Shares: 371,549,138 SII client ownership: 40,540,871 % of Shares: 10.91% Silchester Account Nominee Silchester Silchester current % holding at voting shareholding fund level authority Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Company Yes 11,043,137 2.97International Value Equity GroupTrust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Company Yes 1,763,857 0.47Tobacco Free International ValueEquity Trust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Company Yes 26,080,973 7.02International Value Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Company Yes 1,652,904 0.44 Total 40,540,871 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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