Halma Regulatory News (HLMA)

3 Aug 2005 07:00

Halma PLC03 August 2005 HALMA p.l.c. 111TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 3 AUGUST 2005 At the AGM of Halma, the leading safety, health and environmental technologygroup, to be held later today, Geoff Unwin, Chairman, will make the followingcomments on current trading and outlook: "Trading during the first quarter has been encouraging, with sales and ordersahead of last year. To date, currency effects have been broadly neutralcompared with a significant adverse impact in the previous year. "Progress is being made across the Group driven by organic growth andcontributions from last year's acquisitions. Strategic and operational actionto position the Group for higher growth in the longer term continues and thebenefits from these actions should begin to emerge during the second half. Inparticular, we are seeing some improvement in our Water business and vigorousaction continues to take place in Resistors. "Our recent acquisition of Netherlocks Safety Systems B.V. has contributed toexisting momentum in Process Safety but Elevators and Doors and certainSpecialist businesses have continued to experience sluggish market conditions. "As stated at the recent year end results, the Board is cautiously optimisticfor the year ahead. Trading remains within the range of current marketexpectations." 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 A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may beviewed on its website: www.halma.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange