| 03 Nov 2010 |
Acquisition of Alicat Scientific, Inc
Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the acquisition of Alicat Scientific, Incorporated (‘Alicat’) from financial shareholders and members of current management for a cash consideration of $25.2 million (£15.7 million), paid at completion on 2 November 2010.
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
Interim Management Statement
Half year results reflect Halma’s resilience Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, today announces its half year results for the 27 weeks to 3 October 2009. Highlights include: Revenue from continuing operations held steady at £222.1m (2008/09: £221.7m). Pre-tax profit from continuing operations* down 2% at £38.1m (2008/09: £39.0m) after incurring £1.7m of restructuring costs. Positive currency translation benefited revenue by 8% and profit* by 9%. Order intake in the first half 2% ahead of revenue. High level of returns maintained with return on sales of 17.1% (2008/09: 17.6%). Benefits of recent cost reduction actions already showing through with improved profitability towards the end of this first half. Increased...
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| 22 Jan 2010 |
Acquisition of SphereOptics, LLC
Proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman The 2009 Annual General Meeting of Halma p.l.c. took place on Thursday 30 July 2009 at the Millennium Hotel Mayfair, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HP. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The table below shows the number of proxy votes cast. Issued share capital excluding treasury shares 375,289,720 Total proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman 257,505,947 Total proxy votes as % of issued share capital excluding treasury shares 69% Resolution Votes % of total proxies lodged by resolution Poll Yes/no 1. Report and Accounts For 254,838,731) 99.70 No Open 1,896,576) Against 444,586 0.17 Withheld 326,054 0.13 Total 257,505,947 2. Declaration of dividend For 255,582,174) 100.00 No Open...
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