Halma Regulatory News (HLMA)

HALMA plcDIRECTORS' AND PDMRs' SHARE TRANSACTIONS

AND PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

In accordance with 3.1.2R of the Disclosure Rules, notification is hereby given of transactions in the 10p ordinary shares of Halma by Directors and senior executives (persons discharging managerial responsibility 'PDMRs'), as follows:

VESTING OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

Notification is given relating to Performance Share Plan ('PSP') awards originally granted on 6 August 2010 and which vested on 6 August 2013 at 98.13% of the original award in accordance with the Rules of the PSP and the relevant performance criteria. Further to the vesting, shares were sold on 6 August 2013, primarily to finance the associated tax liabilities, at 561.78 pence per share (the volume weighted average share price for 5 August 2013). Details are as set out below.

After the transactions set out above, the beneficial holdings of Directors and PDMRs, including family interests, in the 10p ordinary shares of Halma have increased as set out below.

No of sharesvested06.08.13

No of sharessold

No of sharesretained

Increasedbeneficialholding

% of issuedordinaryshare capitalexcludingtreasury shares

Andrew J Williams

196,470

176,470

20,000

521,501

0.1380

Kevin J Thompson

121,804

105,665

16,139

357,183

0.0945

Neil Quinn

95,707

66,707

29,000

300,736

0.0796

Adam J Meyers

107,947

77,947

30,000

297,313

0.0786

Nigel J B Trodd

54,956

11,291

43,665

227,495

0.0602

Mark Lavelle

40,366

18,973

21,393

143,805

0.0380

Allan Stamper

29,765

13,990

15,775

130,354

0.0345

Charles E Dubois

60,127

25,855

34,272

98,478

0.0261

Robert Randelman

13,526

4,931

8,595

31,466

0.0083

Philippe Felten

23,500

23,500

-

-

-

Martin Zhang

23,355

5,839

17,516

43,374

0.0115

Carol T Chesney

13,021

8,021

5,000

62,239

0.0165

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halma plc purchased 693,516 of its ordinary shares on 6 August 2013 through Investec Bank plc at the volume weighted average price for 5 August 2013 of 561.78 pence per share. The purchased shares will not be subject to cancellation and will all be held as treasury shares in order to satisfy future awards under the Halma plc Performance Share Plan 2005 ('PSP').

Following the above transactions, Halma plc holds 882,741 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 378,020,857 shares.

GRANT OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

Following the vesting of the 2010 PSP awards, notification is given relating to PSP awards over Halma 10p ordinary shares granted on 6 August 2013 and vesting on 6 August 2016, subject to performance criteria. Awards are granted for nil consideration. Details are as set out below:

Granted 06.08.13

Vesting 06.08.16

No of shares

Total outstanding

PSP awards

06.08.13

No of shares

Andrew J Williams

114,646

421,216

Kevin J Thompson

71,041

272,678

Neil Quinn

57,054

208,818

Adam J Meyers

62,767

233,727

Nigel J B Trodd

35,575

118,286

Mark Lavelle

24,706

94,874

Allan Stamper

26,686

102,422

Charles E Dubois

38,592

134,804

Robert Randelman

28,796

118,144

Philippe Felten

31,006

98,315

Martin Zhang

24,210

67,115

Carol T Chesney

8,147

27,566

The awards granted lapse on their third anniversary to the extent that the performance criteria are not met.

Contact for further information:

Andrew Williams

Chief Executive, Halma plcTel: +44 (0)1494 721111

Carol Chesney

Company Secretary, Halma plc

Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111

A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its website: www.halma.com