Halma Regulatory News (HLMA)

15 Mar 2006 12:49

Halma PLC15 March 2006 HALMA p.l.c. PDMR'S SHARE TRANSACTION Halma has received notification from John Campbell, a person dischargingmanagerial responsibilities, that on 7 March 2006 he re-organised his 401(k)retirement plan assets and transferred US $28,887 in cash in the plan to aunitised, US dollar denominated holding in Halma p.l.c. ordinary shares in thesame plan. On 7 March 2006 the closing share price of an ordinary share in Halma p.l.c. was191.75p and the prevailing exchange rate of US dollars to British sterling was1.751:1. Using these figures the re-organisation of John Campbell's 401(k)retirement plan increased his interest in Halma p.l.c. ordinary shares by 8,604shares on 7 March 2006. Due to the unitised nature of the 401(k) retirementplan and fluctuations in exchange rates, the precise number of ordinary sharesin Halma p.l.c. in which John Campbell is interested may also fluctuate. In addition, on 14 March 2006 John Campbell exercised an option over 11,600shares in Halma p.l.c.'s ordinary shares at an exercise price of 139.5p pershare. In order to finance this exercise, John sold 8,445 shares at 192.25p pershare from his existing holding on 14 March 2006. After the above transactions, the beneficial holding of John Campbell, includingfamily interests, in the ordinary shares of Halma increases to 39,023 shares(0.0105% of the issued ordinary share capital). For further information, please contact: Carol Chesney +44 (0)1494 721111Company Secretary, Halma p.l.c. A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its website: www.halma.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange