Treasury Stock

Halma PLC
28 March 2008


                                      HALMA p.l.c.

                   SHARE PURCHASES - TO SATISFY SHARE PLAN AWARDS



Halma p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased 199,000 of its ordinary
shares through Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited at 194.5p per share.  The
purchased shares will not be subject to cancellation and will all be held as
treasury shares in order to satisfy awards under the Halma p.l.c. Performance
Share Plan 2005.

Following the above purchase, Halma p.l.c. holds 1,563,813 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 372,894,685.



Contact for further information:             Carol Chesney
                                             Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c.
                                             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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