Investor Site Visit and Trading Update

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Halma PLC

25 April 2013

 



HALMA plc ('Halma') INVESTOR SITE VISIT AND TRADING UPDATE

Investor Site Visit Halma will next week hold its third Halma Innovation and Technology Exposition ('HITE') in Orlando, Florida. As part of this event, Halma will host a dinner for investors and analysts on Monday 29 April, followed by a tour of the HITE exposition and a visit to its nearby Ocean Optics facility on Tuesday 30 April. No new material information will be disclosed during the event. Trading update The regional and sector trading patterns reported in the 14 February 2013 IMS have been maintained.  Order intake in the fourth quarter of 2012/13 remained on track and the Board expects adjusted profit (see note 1) for the full year to be in line with market expectations.

For further information please contact: Halma plc Andrew Williams, Chief Executive Kevin Thompson, Finance Director	[phone]
MHP Communications Rachel Hirst/Andrew Jaques	[phone]

NOTE TO EDITORS

1.		Adjusted profit is before amortisation of intangible assets, acquisitions costs, movement on contingent consideration and profit on disposal of operations.
2.		Halma develops and markets products used worldwide to protect life and improve the quality of life.  The Group comprises four business sectors:
	·     Process Safety		Products which protect assets and people at work.
	·     Infrastructure Safety		Products which detect hazards to protect assets and people in public spaces and commercial buildings.
	·     Medical		Products used to improve personal and public health.
	·     Environmental & Analysis		Products and technologies for analysis in safety, life sciences and environmental markets.
	The key characteristics of Halma's businesses are that they are based on specialist technology and application knowledge, offering strong growth potential.  Many Group businesses are market leaders in their specialist field.
3.		Halma's Final Results for the year ended 30 March 2013 will be issued on 13 June 2013.
4.		A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its website: www.halma.com

 

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