Halma Regulatory News (HLMA)

2 Aug 2006 07:00

Halma PLC02 August 2006 HALMA p.l.c. 112th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2 AUGUST 2006 Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, is holding its AGM latertoday, at which Geoff Unwin, Chairman, will make the following comments on trading andoutlook: "Halma has generated healthy organic growth during the first Quarter and is trading inline with the Board's expectations. Last year the Group benefited from a recovery in ourWater business (within the Health and Analysis sector) and resumed widespread organicgrowth. This momentum in underlying organic growth across the Group has continued andprospects for the current year remain positive. "Our Infrastructure Sensors sector is building on the growth which started to emergeduring the latter half of last year and is benefiting from the impact of the greaterstrategic action and investment which commenced a year ago. Actions continue to build andleverage sales internationally including new products and distribution agreements in theUS, European and Asian markets. "Our Health and Analysis and Industrial Safety sectors are progressing well despite thesmall negative impact of a stronger US Dollar. Mikropack, the German photonics companyacquired in April 2006, has been integrated into the Ocean Optics business successfullyand is meeting our expectations." For further information, please contact: Halma p.l.c. Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111 Andrew Williams, Group Chief Executive Kevin Thompson, Group Finance Director Hogarth Partnership Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 7357 9477 Rachel Hirst/Andrew Jaques Notes: 1. A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its website: www.halma.com 2. The next Trading Update is scheduled for the end of October 2006 and the Group's interim results are expected to be released on 5 December 2006. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange