Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0036P

Halma PLC

13 August 2014

 



HALMA plc DIRECTORS' AND PDMRs' SHARE TRANSACTIONS AND PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES In accordance with 3.1.2R of the Disclosure Rules, notification is hereby given of transactions in the 10p ordinary shares of Halma by Directors and senior executives (persons discharging managerial responsibility 'PDMRs'), as follows: VESTING OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS Notification is given relating to Performance Share Plan ('PSP') awards originally granted on 12 August 2011 and which vested on 12 August 2014 at 73.69% of the original award in accordance with the Rules of the PSP and the relevant performance criteria.  Further to the vesting, shares were sold on 12 August 2014, primarily to finance the associated tax liabilities, at 581.28 pence per share (the volume weighted average share price for 11 August 2014).  Details are as set out below. After the transactions set out above, the beneficial holdings of Directors and PDMRs, including family interests, in the 10p ordinary shares of Halma have increased as follows:

	No of shares vested 12.08.14	No of shares sold	No of shares retained	Increased beneficial holding	% of issued ordinary share capital excluding treasury shares
Andrew J Williams	121,526	106,526	15,000	540,529	0.1427
Kevin J Thompson	76,322	68,322	8,000	368,511	0.0973
Neil Quinn	59,549	49,549	10,000	311,264	0.0822
Adam J Meyers	65,255	55,255	10,000	312,073	0.0824
Nigel J B Trodd	33,007	28,007	5,000	232,495	0.0614
Charles E Dubois	38,865	33,865	5,000	103,478	0.0273
Philippe Felten	16,684	0	16,684	16,684	0.0044
Martin Zhang	17,083	4,271	12,812	56,793	0.0150
Carol T Chesney	7,306	2,355	4,951	68,666	0.0181

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES Halma plc purchased 518,732 of its ordinary shares on 12 August 2014 through Investec Bank plc at the volume weighted average price for 11 August 2014 of 581.28 pence per share.  The purchased shares will not be subject to cancellation and will all be held as treasury shares in order to satisfy future awards under the Halma plc Performance Share Plan 2005 ('PSP'). Following the above transactions, Halma plc holds 879,956 ordinary shares as treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 378,720,848 shares. GRANT OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS Following the vesting of the 2011 PSP awards, notification is given relating to PSP awards over Halma 10p ordinary shares granted on 12 August 2014 and vesting on 12 August 2017, subject to performance criteria.  Awards are granted for nil consideration.  Details are as set out below:

	Granted 12.08.14 Vesting 12.08.17 No of shares	Total outstanding PSP awards 12.08.14 No of shares
Andrew J Williams	117,748	374,052
Kevin J Thompson	77,829	246,936
Neil Quinn	59,203	187,211
Adam J Meyers	62,821	207,996
Nigel J B Trodd	38,743	112,237
Charles E Dubois	39,768	121,832
Philippe Felten	37,512	113,186
Martin Zhang	27,592	71,525
Jennifer Ward	25,337	25,337
Carol T Chesney	8,271	25,921

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

Contact for further information:

Andrew Williams Chief Executive, Halma plc Tel:  [phone] Carol Chesney Company Secretary, Halma plc Tel:  [phone]

A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its website:  www.halma.com

 

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