Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1017J

Halma PLC

24 March 2010

 



HALMA p.l.c. NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

In conformity with the Transparency Directive, Halma p.l.c. ('Halma') is required to announce to the market the receipt of notifications of major interests in shares.  Halma received the notice below on 23 March 2010 in respect of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Carol Chesney Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c. Tel [phone]

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Halma p.l.c.

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	19 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004052071	19,755,095	19,755,095			18,510,925		4.91%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
18,510,925	4.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Halma p.l.c. - 0405207 Holdings as of 19 March 2010
Entity MFS Investment Management (MFS)	Holding 5,877,202	Percentage held 1.56%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. (MFSI)	227,068	0.06%
MFS International Ltd. (MIL)	2,153,097	0.57%
MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.)	10,250,715	2.72%
MFS International Management K.K. (MIM K.K.)	2,843	0.00%
Notifiable interest	18,510,925	4.91%
Shares outstanding	376,440,500

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:

Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A:  Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Massachusetts Financial Services Co.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	500 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 USA
Phone number & email	617-954-5822
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Christopher Bohane

 

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