Holding(s) in Company
Halma PLC
30 June 2006
HALMA p.l.c.
INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985
Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 29 June 2006 from Silchester
International Investors Limited.
Silchester International Investors Limited ('Silchester') acts as an Investment
Manager for a number of commingled funds (its 'Clients'). In acting for its
Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments, and are
empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Silchester do not act as their
Custodian, and therefore shares are not held in the name of Silchester, but in
the nominee name of its Clients' Custodian bank.
In addition, Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued share capital of Sanderson
Asset Management Limited (' Sanderson'), a UK limited company that also acts as
an Investment Manager for a number of commingled funds and separate accounts.
In acting for its clients, Sanderson are given full discretion over their
investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Sanderson do
not act as its clients' Custodian and therefore shares are not held in
Sanderson's name, but in the nominee name of Sanderson's clients' Custodian
bank.
Silchester's share ownership in Sanderson does not allow Silchester to exercise
any direct or indirect control over Sanderson's investment strategy, philosophy
or implementation, the investments that Sanderson may purchase or sell on behalf
of its clients, or the manner in which Sanderson may vote proxies that arise
from its client investments. However, Silchester is deemed to have an
'interest' in shares that Sanderson controls by virtue of Section 203(2)(b) of
the Companies Act 1985.
Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Silchester, on behalf of its
clients, have resulted in Silchester having an interest in the following shares
(also see below):
SILCHESTER 47,235,278
Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Sanderson, on behalf of its clients, have resulted in
Sanderson having an interest in the following shares, and Silchester having an interest over the same
shares for the purposes of Section 203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985 (also see below):
SANDERSON 12,604,000
Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class:
HALMA p.l.c. 369,956,928
As such, Silchester has an interest over 16.17% of the shares of that class and, of that, two of
Silchester's clients control 8.22% and 3.48%. This interest is being notified in fulfillment of the
obligations imposed by Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985. Silchester does not have an interest
mentioned in Section 208(5) of the Companies Act 1985 in any of the shares to which this notification
relates.
Registered holder(s) and the number of shares held by each of them:
Share Class: Ordinary
Issued Shares: 369,956,928
Silchester International Investors Limited
Client ownership: 47,235,278
% of Shares: 12.77%
Silchester Account Nominee Silchester Silchester current % holding at
voting shareholding fund level
authority
Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 12,864,537 3.48
International Value Equity Group
Trust
Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 2,055,557 0.56
Tobacco Free International Value
Equity Trust
Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Co Yes 30,401,380 8.22
International Value Equity Trust
The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co Yes 1,913,804 0.52
Total 47,235,278
Sanderson Asset Management Limited
Sanderson Asset Management client ownership: 12,604,000
% of Shares: 3.41%
Sanderson Account Nominee Sanderson Sanderson current % holding at
voting shareholding fund level
authority
BUST Northern Trust Co Yes 5,631,000 1.52
CAT Pictet & Cie Yes 274,000 0.07
DYN State Street Yes 228,000 0.06
EUF State Street Yes 730,000 0.20
GOLF Bank of New York Yes 198,000 0.05
GREEN Northern Trust Co 91,000 0.02
GRIT Northern Trust Co Yes 1,250,000 0.34
INGOT Mellon Trust Yes 352,000 0.10
MINI State Street Yes 613,000 0.17
OCEAN Northern Trust Co Yes 260,000 0.07
OVAL Mellon Trust Yes 324,400 0.09
PEARL Northern Trust Co Yes 109,000 0.03
RAIN Citigroup Yes 278,000 0.08
STAMP Northern Trust Co Yes 191,000 0.05
TIME Bank of New York Yes 74,000 0.02
TRAY Northern Trust Co Yes 1,109,600 0.30
WHEAT Mellon Trust Yes 361,000 0.10
WINDY Northern Trust Co Yes 253,000 0.07
WOGAN Northern Trust Co Yes 277,000 0.07
Total 12,604,000
Contact for further information: Carol Chesney
Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c
Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111
A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its web site www.halma.com.
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