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Halma PLC 04 August 2006 HALMA p.l.c. INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 2 August 2006 from Silchester International Investors Limited. Silchester International Investors Limited ('Silchester') acts as an Investment Manager for a number of commingled funds (its 'Clients'). In acting for its Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Silchester do not act as their Custodian, and therefore shares are not held in the name of Silchester, but in the nominee name of its Clients' Custodian bank. Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Silchester, on behalf of its clients, have resulted in it having control over the following shares (also see below): SILCHESTER 40,198,427 Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class: HALMA p.l.c. 371,595,324 Silchester exercises control over 10.82% of the shares of that class, and of that, one of their clients controls 6.96%. Silchester International Investors Limited - client ownership: Company: Halma p.l.c. Share Class: Ordinary Issued Shares: 371,595,324 SII client ownership: 40,198,427 % of Shares: 10.82% Silchester Account Nominee Silchester Silchester current % holding at voting shareholding fund level authority Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Yes 10,950,037 2.95 International Value Equity Group Company Trust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Yes 1,667,325 0.45 Tobacco Free International Value Company Equity Trust Silchester International Investors Northern Trust Yes 25,876,335 6.96 International Value Equity Trust Company The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Yes 1,704,730 0.46 Company Total 40,198,427 Contact for further information: Carol Chesney Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111 A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its web site www.halma.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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