Treasury Stock

9 Jan 2008 15:59

Halma PLC09 January 2008 HALMA p.l.c. SHARE PURCHASES - TO SATISFY SHARE PLAN AWARDS Halma p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased 199,000 of its ordinaryshares through Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited at an average price of216.595477p per share. The purchased shares will not be subject to cancellationand will all be held as treasury shares in order to satisfy awards under theHalma p.l.c. Performance Share Plan 2005. Following the above purchase, Halma p.l.c. holds 1,374,475 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 373,084,023. 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 website: www.halma.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange