25th Jul 2006 17:31
Halma PLC25 July 2006 HALMA p.l.c. INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 25 July 2006 from SilchesterInternational 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 asInvestment Manager for a number of commingled funds and separate accounts. Inacting for its clients, Sanderson is 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 below): SILCHESTER 40,855,278 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)(b) of the Companies Act 1985 (also see below): SANDERSON 13,013,000 Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in thatclass: HALMA p.l.c. 371,549,138 As such, Silchester has an interest over 14.5 % of the shares of that class and,of that, two of Silchester's clients control 7.07% and 3.0%. This interest isbeing notified in fulfillment of the obligations imposed by Sections 198-202 ofthe Companies Act 1985. Silchester does not have an interest mentioned inSection 208(5) of the Companies Act 1985 in any of the shares to which thisnotification relates. Registered holder(s) and the number of shares held by each of them: Share Class: Ordinary Issued Shares: 371,549,138 Silchester International Investors Limited Client ownership: 40,855,278 % of Shares: 11.00% Silchester Account Nominee Silchester Silchester current % holding at voting shareholding fund level authoritySilchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 11,128,637 3.00International Value Equity GroupTrust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 1,777,557 0.48Tobacco Free International ValueEquity Trust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 26,283,880 7.07International Value Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co Yes 1,665,204 0.45 Total 40,855,278 Sanderson Asset Management Limited Sanderson Asset Management client ownership: 13,013,000 % of Shares: 3.50% Sanderson Account Nominee Sanderson Sanderson current % holding at voting shareholding fund level authorityBRAN Northern Trust Co Yes 109,000 0.03BUST Northern Trust Co Yes 5,631,000 1.52CAT 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 1,341,000 0.36INGOT Mellon Trust Yes 352,000 0.09MINI State Street Yes 613,000 0.16OCEAN Northern Trust Co Yes 260,000 0.07OVAL Mellon Trust Yes 324,400 0.09PEARL Northern Trust Co Yes 109,000 0.03RAIN Citigroup Yes 278,000 0.07RICE Northern Trust Co Yes 300,000 0.08STAMP Northern Trust Co Yes 191,000 0.05TIME Bank of New York Yes 74,000 0.02TRAY Northern Trust Co Yes 1,109,600 0.30WHEAT Mellon Trust Yes 361,000 0.10WINDY Northern Trust Co Yes 253,000 0.07WOGAN Northern Trust Co Yes 277,000 0.07 Total 13,013,000 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 beviewed on its web site www.halma.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Halma