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15 Dec 2003 Interim Report 2003

Halma advises that a copy of the Interim Report for the half year ended 4 October 2003 has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at...

09 Dec 2003 Interim results for the year to 4 october 2003

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, today announced its interim results for the half year to 4 October 2003...

24 Nov 2003 Date of Board Meeting to approve interim results and declare dividend

The Directors of Halma p.l.c. intend to hold a Board Meeting on 9 December 2003 to approve the results for the 27 weeks to 4 October 2003.

The interim dividend for the 27 weeks will also be declared at that meeting...

30 Oct 2003 Trading update

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, issued a trading update today, 30 October 2003. Halma issues trading updates each October and April, ahead of its interim and full year announcements. Halma's interim results for the six months to 4 October 2003 will be announced on 9 December 2003...

17 Sep 2003 Halma presentation at Global Capital Goods Conference

Halma p.l.c. contributed to the Global Capital Goods Conference organised by Credit Suisse First Boston on 17 September 2003. A copy of the presentation in PDF format can be downloaded from the Analyst Presentations page...

11 Sep 2003 Halma business briefing - 11 september 2003

Halma p.l.c. held its annual Business Briefing on 11 September 2003 which focussed on the Process Safety and Elevator Electronics sectors. A copy of the presentation in PDF format can be downloaded from the Analyst Presentations page...

02 Sep 2003 Directors share transactions

At a meeting of the Share Options Committee of the Board of Halma p.l.c. held on 2 September 2003, 34,442 additional ordinary shares in the Company were allotted under the provisions of the Company's Share Option Schemes to Mr N Quinn, a Director of the Company, following the exercise of share options. The exercise prices were as follows...

16 Aug 2003 Appointment of Non-executive Director

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, announces the appointment of Stephen Pettit as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 16 September 2003. Mr Pettit succeeds the late Lord McGowan.

Stephen Pettit, 52, is a former Director of Cable & Wireless plc where he led the mergers with Mercury, Bell CableMedia, Nynex CableComms and Videotron. For his last three years with Cable & Wireless, Mr Pettit was Executive Director (Corporate Development)...

13 Aug 2003 Interest notified under Section 198 Companies Act 1985

Halma p.l.c. received notification on 12 August 2003 from Legal & General Investment Management Limited that consequent upon a transfer out of management, the beneficial interest of Legal & General Group Plc in the ordinary shares of the Company has now fallen below 3% and is therefore no longer notifiable...

07 Aug 2003 Disclosure of interest in shares

At the Annual General Meeting of Halma p.l.c. held on 29 July 2003, all the resolutions placed before the meeting were duly passed.

A copy of the resolutions which were passed under Special Business at the meeting has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

01 Aug 2003 Result of AGM

At the Annual General Meeting of Halma p.l.c. held on 29 July 2003, all the resolutions placed before the meeting were duly passed.

A copy of the resolutions which were passed under Special Business at the meeting has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

29 Jul 2003 Statement: Halma p.l.c. 109th Annual General Meeting

At the AGM of Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, to be held later today, Mr Geoff Unwin, who will become Chairman of the Group following the AGM, will make the following comments on trading...

28 Jul 2003 Grant of options to Directors

The following Directors have been granted additional options over Halma p.l.c. ordinary shares, the exercise of which is subject to performance criteria. Details are as follows...

25 Jul 2003 Additional listing

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for a block listing of 1,400,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each to be admitted to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the same number of ordinary shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange...

17 Jul 2003 Directors' Share transactions

At a Meeting of the Share Options Committee of the Board of Halma p.l.c. held on 15 July 2003, a total of 166,929 additional ordinary shares in the Company were allotted under the provisions of the Company's Share Option Schemes to Mr S R O'Shea, Mr K J Thompson and Mr K J Roy, Directors of the Company, following the exercise of share options, as follows...

11 Jul 2003 Disclosure of interest in shares

Halma p.l.c. has today received notification from Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. (“OFI”) that at the close of business on 30 June 2003, OFI held an aggregate of 12,875,616 ordinary shares in the Company on behalf of various OFI Clients. This represents 3.52% of the issued share capital of the Company...

07 Jul 2003 Interest notified under Section 198 Companies Act 1985

Halma p.l.c. received notification on 4 July 2003 from Legal & General Investment Management Limited that consequent upon a purchase in the market of 183,924 shares on 2 July 2003, Legal & General Group Plc are now the beneficial owners of 11,011,523 ordinary shares representing 3.01% of the issued share capital of the Company. These shares are not subject to a concert party and will be registered as follows...

04 Jul 2003 Halma wins Award For Investor Relations Excellence

The quality of Halma's investor relations was recognised at the Investor Relations magazine's annual award ceremony held in London on Monday 30th June. Halma's investor relations team - Stephen O'Shea, Chief Executive and Kevin Thompson, Finance Director - were given the award for 'Best Communication of Shareholder Value (non-FTSE-100)'...

03 Jul 2003 Interest notified under Section 198 Companies Act 1985

Halma p.l.c. received notification on 3 July 2003 from Legal & General Investment Management Limited that consequent upon a sale in the market, the beneficial interest of Legal & General Group Plc in the ordinary shares of the Company has now fallen below 3% and is therefore no longer notifiable.

03 Jul 2003 Halma Annual Report and Accounts 2003

A copy of the Halma Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 29 March 2003 has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at...

18 Jun 2003 Director's interest in shares

Halma p.l.c. has today received notification that Mr A J Walker, a non-executive Director of the Company, acquired a beneficial interest in 35,714 ordinary shares in the Company at 140p per share on 17 June 2003.

After the above transaction, the beneficial holding of Mr Walker, including family interests, in the ordinary shares of Halma p.l.c. amounts to 35,714 shares (0.0098% of the issued ordinary share capital).

17 Jun 2003 Preliminary results for the year to 29 March 2003

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, today announced its preliminary results for the year to 29 March 2003...

16 Jun 2003 Disclosure of interest in shares

Halma p.l.c. has today, 16 June 2003, received notification from Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. ("OFI") that at the close of business on 9 June 2003, OFI held an aggregate of 16,728,577 ordinary shares in the Company on behalf of various OFI Clients. This represents 4.58% of the issued share capital of the Company...

03 Jun 2003 Disclosure of interest in shares

Halma p.l.c. has today, 3 June 2003, received notification from Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. ("OFI") that at the close of business on 6 May 2003, OFI held an aggregate of 23,300,828 ordinary shares in the Company on behalf of various OFI Clients. This represents 6.38% of the issued share capital of the Company...

09 May 2003 Appointment of Non-executive Director

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, announces the appointment of Andrew Walker as a non-executive Director with effect from 8 May 2003. Halma began the search for a new non-executive Director last year, following the retirement of a member of its Board...

07 May 2003 Death of Director

It is with regret that the Board of Halma reports the death of Lord McGowan, a non-executive Director of the Company.

Lord McGowan was appointed to the Halma Board as a non-executive Director in May 1997 and served as Senior Independent Director and chairman of both the Remuneration and Audit Committees during the last six years.

24 Apr 2003 Trading update

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, issued a trading update today, 24 April 2003. Halma typically issues trading updates each April and October, two months ahead of its full year and interim announcements. Halma's preliminary results for the year to 29 March 2003 will be announced on 17 June 2003...