Share purchases - to satisfy Share Plan Awards

30 Mar 2006

Halma p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased 200,000 of its ordinary shares through Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Limited at a price of 188.0 pence 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 200,000 ordinary shares as Treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as Treasury shares) is 369,130,680.

For further information:

Carol Chesney, Company Secretary, Tel +44 (0)1494 721111