Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1992B

Halma PLC

12 August 2008

 



HALMA p.l.c. DIRECTORS' AND PDMRs' SHARE TRANSACTIONS In accordance with 3.1.4R(1) (i) and (ii) of the Disclosure Rules, notification is hereby given that the following Directors and senior executives (persons discharging managerial responsibility) have carried out the following transactions in Halma p.l.c. ordinary shares. GRANT AND VESTING OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS  Notification is given relating to Performance Share Plan ('PSP') awards originally granted on 11 August 2005 and which vested on 11 August 2008 at 45.9% of the original award, in accordance with the Rules of the PSP and the relevant performance criteria. Details are set out below Notification is also given relating to PSP awards over Halma shares granted on 11 August 2008 and vesting from 11 August 2011, subject to performance criteria. Details are as set out below:

	Granted 11.08.05 Vested 11.08.08	Granted 11.08.08 Vesting 11.08.11	Total outstanding PSP awards
	No of shares	No of shares	No of shares
Andrew J Williams	110,840	288,454	752,829
Kevin J Thompson	77,934	188,057	495,016
Neil Quinn	64,858	154,214	396,355
Adam J Meyers	37,884	110,507	254,337
Nigel J Young	31,173	0	122,748
John S Campbell	38,126	44,814	197,474
Nigel J B Trodd	34,736	74,933	206,272
Mark S Lavelle	9,935	76,980	152,559
Allan Stamper	9,277	70,541	104,157
Charles Dubois	6,712	53,384	80,452
Carol T Chesney	9,298	34,630	69,044

The awards granted lapse on their third anniversary to the extent that the performance criteria are not met.

In addition to the transactions set out above, notification is also given of the following transactions by Directors and PDMRs: Andrew Williams, Director Further to the vesting of the 110,840 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 45,445 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. In addition, at a meeting of the Share Plans Committee of the Board of Halma p.l.c. held on 12 August 2008, 975 shares were allotted to Andrew Williams under the Rules of the 1999 Company Share Option Plan at an exercise price of 142.25p per share. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Andrew Williams, including family interests, in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 172,893 shares (0.046% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Kevin Thompson, Director Further to the vesting of the 77,934 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 31,953 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Kevin Thompson, including family interests, in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 160,282 shares (0.043% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Neil Quinn, Director Further to the vesting of the 64,858 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 26,592 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Neill Quinn in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 112,384 shares (0.030% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Adam Meyers, Director Further to the vesting of the 37,884 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 11,157 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Adam Meyers in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases  to 68,416 shares (0.018%  of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

John Campbell, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 38,126 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 11,229 were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. In addition to the above transaction, Halma has received notification from John Campbell relating to the beneficial interest held by him through the Halma Holdings Inc. Profit Sharing Savings Retirement Plan (the 'Plan' which is a unitised, US Dollar denominated 401(k) plan. As a result of a reallocation of funds already invested in the 401k plan, the number of Halma shares relating to the Plan has increased to 11,503 shares. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of John Cambell, including family interests, in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 87,149 shares (0.023% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Nigel Young, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 31,173 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 12,781 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Nigel Young, including family interests, in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 53,324 shares (0.014% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Nigel Trodd, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 34,736 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 14,242 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Nigel Trodd in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 27,237 shares (0.007% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Mark Lavelle, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 9,935 shares under the PSP set out in the table above 4,074 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Mark Lavelle in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases  to 12,299  shares  (0.003% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Allan Stamper, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 9,277 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, the beneficial holding of Allan Stamper in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 9,277 shares (0.002% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Charles Dubois, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 6,712 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 1,977 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Charles Dubois in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 4,735 shares (0.001% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Carol Tredway, PDMR Further to the vesting of the 9,298 shares under the PSP set out in the table above, 3,813 shares were withheld for sale to finance the associated tax liability. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of Carol Chesney in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. increases to 12,869 shares (0.003% of the issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares).

Following the issue of ordinary shares as a result of share options exercised on 12 August 2008, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, excluding treasury shares, is increased to 373,648,064.
Contact for further information:	Kevin Thompson Finance Director, Halma p.l.c. Tel: [phone]

 

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