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Annual General Meeting held on 28 July 2011

29 July 2011

Proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman

Issued share capital excluding treasury shares 376,502,513
Total proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman 283,034,693
Total proxy votes as % of issued share capital excluding treasury shares 75%

The 2011 Annual General Meeting of Halma p.l.c. took place on Thursday 28 July 2011 at the Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place, London SW1X 7RL. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The table below shows the number of proxy votes cast.

Resolution   Votes   % of total
proxies lodged
by resolution		 Poll Yes/no
1 Report and Accounts For 276,367,961 ) 98.01 No
Discretion 1,331,110 )
Against 5,334,500 1.88
Withheld 300,597 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
2 Declaration of dividend For 276,521,834 ) 98.06 No
Discretion 1,327,245 )
Against 5,185,614 1.83
Withheld 299,475 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
3 Remuneration Report For 270,106,332 ) 95.80 No
Discretion 1,345,068 )
Against 7,792,302 2.75
Withheld 4,090,465 1.45
Total 283,334,167  
4 Re-election: Mr Geoff Unwin For 271,235,564 ) 96.21 No
Discretion 1,347,297 )
Against 6,769,685 2.39
Withheld 3,981,621 1.40
Total 283,334,167  
5 Re-election: Mr Andrew Williams For 267,181,684 ) 94.77 No
Discretion 1,343,622 )
Against 14,491,744 5.12
Withheld 317,118 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
6 Re-election: Mr Kevin Thompson For 274,831,299 ) 97.48 No
Discretion 1,363,297 )
Against 6,818,326 2.41
Withheld 321,246 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
7 Re-election: Mr Neil Quinn For 274,838,765 ) 97.48 No
Discretion 1,365,994 )
Against 6,816,157 2.41
Withheld 313,252 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
8 Re-election: Mr Stephen Pettit For/Discretion 275,324,250 ) 97.65 No
Discretion 1,363,297 )
Against 6,315,613 2.23
Withheld 331,008 0.12
Total 283,334,168  
9 Re-election: Mrs Jane Aikman For 275,369,076 ) 97.67 No
Discretion 1,363,297 )
Against 6,286,461 2.22
Withheld 315,334 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
10 Re-election: Mr Adam Meyers For 274,846,533 ) 97.49 No
Discretion 1,363,386 )
Against 6,810,196 2.40
Withheld 314,053 0.11
Total 283,334,168  
11 Election: Lord Blackwell For 275,233,666 ) 97.62 No
Discretion 1,363,438 )
Against 6,402,869 2.26
Withheld 333,596 0.12
Total 283,333,569  
12 Election: Mr Steven Marshall For 275,284,682 ) 97.66 No
Discretion 1,418,055 )
Against 6,293,873 2.22
Withheld 337,558 0.12
Total 283,334,168  
13 Re-appointment of Auditors For 273,838,385 ) 97.15 No
Discretion 1,372,657 )
Against 5,921,950 2.10
Withheld 2,131,942 0.75
Total 283,264,934  
14 Auditors' Remuneration For 275,480,619 ) 97.73 No
Discretion 1,348,874 )
Against 6,124,178 2.16
Withheld 312,247 0.11
Total 283,265,918  
15 Authority to allot shares For 272,887,776 ) 96.81 No
Discretion 1,345,476 )
Against 8,702,222 3.07
Withheld 330,444 0.12
Total 283,265,918  
16 Disapplication of pre-emption rights For 274,775,437 ) 97.49 No
Discretion 1,375,546 )
Against 6,692,751 2.36
Withheld 422,184 0.15
Total 283,265,918  
17 Authority to purchase own shares For 276,171,717 ) 97.97 No
Discretion 1,343,214 )
Against 5,426,133 1.92
Withheld 324,854 0.11
Total 283,265,918  
18 Notice of general meetings For 262,647,784 ) 93.20 No
Discretion 1,348,975 )
Against 18,954,883 6.69
Withheld 314,276 0.11
Total 283,265,918  
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