Holding(s) in Company

Halma PLC
3 May 2002

                                  HALMA p.l.c.

             INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985



Halma p.l.c. has today, 3 May 2002, received notification from Silchester
International Investors Limited, acting as investment manager for a number of
large institutional investors and commingled funds, that as a result of recent
purchases of ordinary shares in Halma p.l.c. on behalf of its clients, it now
has control over 62,589,905 shares This represents 17.14% of the issued ordinary
share capital of the Company.

Silchester International Investors Limited do not act as custodian, and
therefore the shares are not held in their own name, but in the nominee name of
the custodian banks of their clients, as follows:

Silchester Account           Nominee                                   No of shares

GROUP                        Northern Trust Co                           15,077,700
GTINV                        Northern Trust Co                              772,000
LICRF                        Deutsche Bank                                  987,000
MOSER                        MellonTrust                                  2,940,000
PATCH                        Northern Trust Co                            1,801,000
SIEBT                        Northern Trust Co                           35,615,548
SOLAR                        Daiwa Europe Bank                              691,000
TEXAS                        Northern Trust Co                            2,048,000
TRUST                        Northern Trust Co                            1,288,657
VITAL                        Northern Trust Co                            1,369,000
                                                                         __________
                                                           TOTAL         62,589,905
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Contact for further information:      Ms E C Tredway
                                      Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c
                                      Tel: [phone]



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