1st Feb 2006 13:54
Halma PLC01 February 2006 HALMA p.l.c. INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 1 February 2006 from Silchester InternationalInvestors Limited. 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 thatarise from its client investments. However, Silchester is deemed to have an 'interest' in shares thatSanderson controls 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 62,566,278 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 sameshares for the purposes of Section 203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985 (also see table below): SANDERSON 12,611,000 Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class: HALMA p.l.c. 369,228,680 As such, Silchester has an interest over 20.36% of the shares of that class and, of that, two ofSilchester's clients control 10.77% and 4.73%. This interest is being notified in fulfillment of theobligations imposed by Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985. Silchester does not have an interestmentioned in Section 208(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 Issued Shares: 369,228,680 Silchester International Investors Limited Client ownership: 62,566,278 % of Shares: 16.95% Silchester Account Nominee Silchester Silchester current % holding at voting shareholding fund level authority Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 17,478,711 4.73International Value Equity GroupTrust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 2,800,342 0.76Tobacco Free International ValueEquity Trust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 39,758,098 10.77International Value Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co Yes 2,529,127 0.68 Total 62,566,278 Sanderson Asset Management Limited Sanderson Asset Management client ownership: 12,611,000 % of Shares: 3.42% Sanderson Account Nominee Sanderson Sanderson current % holding at voting shareholding fund level authority BUST Northern Trust Co Yes 5,473,000 1.48CAT Pictet & Cie Yes 274,000 0.07DYN State Street Yes 228,000 0.06EUF State Street Yes 730,000 0.20GOLF Bank of New York Yes 198,000 0.05GRIT Northern Trust Co Yes 1,553,000 0.42HOOK Northern Trust Co Yes 84,000 0.02INGOT Mellon Trust Yes 352,000 0.10MINI State Street Yes 613,000 0.17OCEAN Northern Trust Co Yes 235,000 0.06OVAL Mellon Trust Yes 324,400 0.09PEARL Northern Trust Co Yes 109,000 0.03RAIN Citigroup Yes 278,000 0.08STAMP Northern Trust Co Yes 191,000 0.05TIME Bank of New York Yes 52,000 0.01TRAY Northern Trust Co Yes 1,025,600 0.28WHEAT Mellon Trust Yes 361,000 0.10WINDY Northern Trust Co Yes 253,000 0.07WOGAN Northern Trust Co Yes 277,000 0.08 Total 12,611,000 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:
Halma