Treasury Stock

Halma PLC
09 January 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 an average price of
216.595477p 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 1,374,475 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 373,084,023.

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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