Holding(s) in Company

Halma PLC
24 January 2002

                                  HALMA p.l.c.

             INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985



Halma p.l.c. has today, 24 January 2002, received notification from Silchester
International Investors Limited, acting as investment manager for a number of
large institutional investors and commingled funds, that as a result of recent
purchases of ordinary shares in Halma p.l.c. on behalf of its clients, it now
has control over 58,348,905 shares This represents 16.02% of the issued ordinary
share capital of the Company.

Silchester International Investors Limited do not act as custodian, and
therefore the shares are not held in their own name, but in the nominee name of
the custodian banks of their clients, as follows:

Silchester Account                     Nominee                                                 No of shares

GROUP                                  Northern Trust Co                                         13,703,700
GTINV                                  Northern Trust Co                                            732,000
LICRF                                  Deutsche Bank                                                850,000
MOSER                                  MellonTrust                                                2,627,000
PATCH                                  Northern Trust Co                                          1,801,000
SIEBT                                  Northern Trust Co                                         33,609,548
SOLAR                                  Daiwa Europe Bank                                            680,000
TEXAS                                  Northern Trust Co                                          1,960,000
TRUST                                  Northern Trust Co                                          1,155,657
VITAL                                  Northern Trust Co                                          1,230,000
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                                                                           TOTAL                 58,348,905
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 Contact for further information:          Ms E C Tredway
                                           Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c
                                           Tel: [phone]



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