Trading Statement

Halma PLC
27 April 2006


                                   Halma p.l.c.

                              YEAR END TRADING UPDATE

The Board currently expects full year pre-tax profits on continuing operations
for the year ended 1 April 2006, to be slightly ahead of the top end of current
market expectations, which in turn recently increased following our trading
update made on 28 February 2006.  All sectors had a very strong final quarter
for sales and orders.  The Group was ungeared at the financial year end.


The broad pattern of sectoral performance reported at the Interim Report stage
continued with Health and Analysis and Industrial Safety performing strongly. 
Within the Health and Analysis sector, our Water businesses have achieved a
significant recovery in both sales and profits.  Infrastructure Sensors is
starting to show more positive signs of sales growth although, as indicated
throughout the year, we have continued to invest in expanding its global sales
resources to improve our opportunities for growth in the longer term.


The performance of the three acquisitions made during the year, Texecom
(Infrastructure Sensors), Netherlocks (Industrial Safety) and Radio-Tech (Health
and Analysis) exceeded our expectations and we remain positive about their
future growth opportunities.


The Group's preliminary results for the year to 1 April 2006 will be published
on Tuesday 20 June 2006.


For further information, please contact:

Halma p.l.c.                                         Tel: [phone]
Andrew Williams, Group Chief Executive
Kevin Thompson, Group Finance Director


Hogarth Partnership Limited                          Tel: [phone]
Rachel Hirst/Andrew Jaques


A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be 
viewed on its website: www.halma.com







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