Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8538D

Halma PLC

09 December 2009

 



HALMA p.l.c. DIRECTORS' AND PDMRs' SHARE TRANSACTIONS INCREASE IN SHAREHOLDINGS FOLLOWING EXERCISE OF SHARE OPTIONS In accordance with 3.1.2R of the Disclosure Rules, notification is hereby given that the following Directors and PDMRs (persons discharging managerial responsibility) exercised share options on 8 December 2009. EXERCISE OF SHARE OPTIONS INCREASE IN SHAREHOLDINGS FOLLOWING EXERCISE OF SHARE OPTIONS After the transactions set out below, the beneficial holdings of Directors and PDMRs, including family interests, in the 10p ordinary shares of Halma have increased as follows:

	Exercise	Sale	Increase by	Resultant beneficial holding	% of issued  ordinary share  capital excluding treasury shares
Andrew J Williams	261,109	205,825	55,284	328,028	0.0872
Kevin J Thompson	420,916	347,824	73,092	241,775	0.0643
Neil Quinn	137,016	122,016	15,000	178,689	0.0475
Nigel J B Trodd	73,813	57,971	15,842	81,208	0.0216
Mark Lavelle	34,816	27,496	7,320	31,242	0.0083
Carol T Chesney	107,223	97,223	10,000	32,628	0.0087

The weighted average exercise price for A J Williams was 143.64p; for K J Thompson 134.08p; for  N Quinn 143.19; for N J B Trodd 142.25p; for M Lavelle 144.33p; and for C T Chesney 148.35p. The weighted average sale price achieved for each Director/PDMR was 246.1262p.   The sales relate, primarily, to financing the exercise of the share options and the associated tax and National Insurance liabilities.

Following the issue of ordinary shares as a result of the transactions on 8 December 2009, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, excluding treasury shares, increased to 376,231,714 shares.

Contact for further information:

Carol T 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 web site: www.halma.com

 

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