Halma develops and sells products for use in the enhancement of public safety and for minimising hazards in the workplace. Its six business divisions cover the development and supply of visual warning systems, toxic gas and smoke detectors, electronic alarm systems and water leakage detectors.

Recent deals have taken the company into medical tests that show some promise. The company has no debt and good dividend growth

Halma at new record
Date: 21 June 2005

LONDON (ShareCast) - Engineer and fire safety products specialist Halma reported another record year despite difficult trading conditions and an adverse currency and raw material hit of 2.5m.

Underlying profits in the year to March rose to 50.4m, from 50.3m, despite currencies moving against it. Sales rose 2% to 299.1m. Pre-tax profits came in at 44.9m against 36.9m.

Resistors and water had a difficult year, chairman Geoff Unwin said, though other sectors held their own or were better.

'Overall, despite little fundamental help from our markets, we remain cautiously optimistic for the year ahead,' he added.

The dividend for the year goes up by 5% to 6.5p.

Halma goes XD on 20 July 2005. The dividend is 3.9p per share.

Halma PLC
12 July 2005

HALMA p.l.c.
INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

Halma p.l.c. received the following notification on 8 July 2005 from Silchester International Investors
Limited.

Silchester International Investors Limited ('Silchester') acts as an Investment Manager for a number of
commingled funds (its 'Clients'). In acting for its Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over
their investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Silchester do not act as their
Custodian, and therefore shares are not held in the name of Silchester, but in the nominee name of its
Clients' Custodian bank.

In addition, Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued share capital of Sanderson Asset Management Limited ('
Sanderson'), a UK limited company that also acts as an Investment Manager for a number of commingled funds
and separate accounts. In acting for its clients, Sanderson are given full discretion over their
investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, Sanderson do not act as its clients'
Custodian and therefore shares are not held in Sanderson's name, but in the nominee name of Sanderson's
clients' Custodian bank.

Silchester's share ownership in Sanderson does not allow Silchester to exercise any direct or indirect
control over Sanderson's investment strategy, philosophy or implementation, the investments that Sanderson
may purchase or sell on behalf of its clients, or the manner in which Sanderson may vote proxies that arise
from its client investments. However, Silchester is deemed to have an 'interest' in shares that Sanderson
controls by virtue of Section 203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985.

Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Silchester, on behalf of its clients, have resulted in
Silchester having an interest in the following shares (also see table below):

SILCHESTER 65,887,378

Recent purchases/sales of shares in Halma p.l.c. by Sanderson, on behalf of its clients, have resulted in
Sanderson having an interest in the following shares, and Silchester having an interest over the same shares
for the purposes of Section 203(2)(6) of the Companies Act 1985 (also see table below):

SANDERSON 10,078,500

Silchester's records show that Halma p.l.c. have the following shares in that class:

HALMA p.l.c. 368,800,919

As such, Silchester has an interest over 20.60% of the shares of that class. One of Silchester's clients
controls 11.33% of the shares of that class and another client controls 5.02%. This interest is being
notified in fulfillment of the obligations imposed by Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985. Silchester
does not have an interest mentioned in Section 208(5) of the Companies Act 1985 in any of the shares to
which this notification relates.

Halma are receiving strong support again today!

Am just not sure about this one as the chart does'nt inspire me and the recent sale of shares by directors at this low price points to their belief that the sp will stay around this level or even drop to a lower trading range.The dividend is'nt worth the risk IMHO....hope I'm wrong for all holders out there.

ethel: 3 x 200K buys have just shown up and the price has taken off!

I see them as sells.Still not too enthusiastic.Do I have all day to get the dividend or is it over by mid-day?

Halma PLC
19 July 2005

HALMA p.l.c. ('Halma')

ACQUISITION OF NETHERLOCKS SAFETY SYSTEMS B.V.

Halma, the leading safety and environmental technology group, announces that on
19 July 2005 it completed the acquisition of Netherlocks Safety Systems B.V.
('Netherlocks') based in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. The vendors of
the company are Jacqal B.V., Wolgeest B.V. and Krissan Projects B.V.

The purchase price includes an initial cash consideration of 3 million (2.07
million), to be funded from Halma's current cash resources. Additional payments
of up to 7 million (4.8 million) are conditional on profit growth over the
current and following financial year.

Unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2004 show that Netherlocks
generated profit before tax of 742,000 (512,000) on sales of 2,706,000
(1,866,000).


Founded in 1993, Netherlocks is globally active in the process interlocking,
valve control and machine guarding markets. The business is particularly well
positioned to benefit from the significant growth opportunities in the
petrochemical sector, one of its key markets.

Andrew Williams, Halma's Chief Executive, commented:

'The addition of Netherlocks will provide us with further strength in a growing
market for our Process Safety business. Making bolt-on acquisitions of this
nature, which increase our product range and distribution capability, remains an
important element of our Group Strategy.'

For further information, please contact:

Halma p.l.c. +44 (0)1494 721111
Andrew Williams, Chief Executive
Kevin Thompson, Finance Director

Hogarth Partnership Limited +44 (0)20 7357 9477
Rachel Hirst/Andrew Jaques

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

2 x 2.89 million shares bought in the last half hour. Who is buying this time!

Halma PLC
27 July 2005
HALMA p.l.c.
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES
Halma p.l.c. has today received notification from Harris Associates L.P. that
following the purchase of 806,000 shares on 25 July 2005, accounts managed by
Harris Associates L.P. became the beneficial owners of 15,176,400 ordinary
shares of the Company. This represents 4.11% of the issued share capital of the
Company.

Harris Associates L.P. confirm that all holdings in the ordinary shares of the
Company are for investment purposes only.

Nice strong close again today.

Upbeat outlook at Halma
MoneyAM
Safety, health and environmental technology group, Halma, said trading during the first quarter has been encouraging.

It said sales and orders are ahead of last year and to date, currency effects have been broadly neutral compared with a significant adverse impact in the previous year.

In a statement ahead of today's annual general meeting chairman Geoff Unwin said the board is cautiously optimistic for the year ahead and that trading remains within the range of current market expectations.

Unwin said progress is being made across the group driven by organic growth and contributions from last year's acquisitions.

Strategic and operational action to position the group for higher growth in the longer term continues and the benefits from these actions should begin to emerge during the second half, Unwin added.

Halma's recent acquisition of Netherlocks Safety Systems BV has contributed to existing momentum in Process Safety but Elevators and Doors and certain specialist businesses have continued to experience sluggish market conditions, Unwin said.

FTSE 350 Risers
Name Price %
Aegis Group 105.25p 3.95
Vedanta Resources 589.75p 3.37
PZ Cussons 1,224.00p 2.86
Rotork 528.25p 2.72
Halma 147.50p 2.43

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FTSE 350 Risers
Name Price %
Aegis Group 106.00p 4.69
Halma 149.50p 3.82
Vedanta Resources 588.00p 3.07
Rotork 530.00p 3.06
PZ Cussons 1,224.00p 2.86

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Held them in PEP since 1990. Solid if unspectacular.Good defensive qualities - dividend has increased every year and they generate lots of cash (no debt after all acquisitions last 15 years). Some parallels with another of my long term engineering sector holdings DKH, which is now reaping the benefits of one takeover bid and a second in the offing. Don't expect fireworks from HLMA, but you should sleep well and imho a good long term hold.Always DYOR.

Well aid partridge. Looks as though the market is in love with them today. Latest from Barclays Stockbrokers:

FTSE 350 Risers
Name Price %
Aegis Group 110.75p 9.38
Vedanta Resources 605.00p 6.05
Halma 150.50p 4.51
BPB 739.00p 4.38
Dana Petroleum 725.00p 4.24

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From UK-Analyst.com: August 3rd 2005
A positive AGM statement helped lift shares in Halma 6.5p higher to 150.5p today. The safety, health and environmental technology group said that trading during the first quarter had been "encouraging," confirming that sales and orders were ahead of last year and to date. Today's statement intimated the company's confidence for the current year, as it said it was "cautiously optimistic" for the year ahead with trading in line with its expectations.

Have been steadily improving over last few months and recent RNS split historic business results into segments of Infrastructure Sensors, Health and Analysis and Industrial Safety. Shows pedestrian (but still acceptable) performance in two categories and growth in Health and Analysis, helped by shrewd acquisitions. It will be interesting to see if interims due 6th December bear out cautiously optimistic noises made at the AGM. Very good track record over many years and strong profits/cash generation mean yield at 170p likely to be min 4% over next 12 months. A proper company and one to lock away IMO.

Very solid results today - sales/profit/dividend growth and still net cash after several acquisitions. Particularly like the establishment of manufacturing capacity in Eastern Europe/China, which should help margins still further going forward. IMO a quality long term share -one to lock away for the Children's Trust Fund money (if only that had been around whne my kids were born!)

Been a good day today for those with a bit of quality in their portfolios. Check out HLMA trading statement.Firing on all cylinders, markets buoyant,great cash generator. Unlikely to make you a fortune overnight, but overall return (including reinvested divixdends) last 20 years excellent. Mine locked away in PEP.Always DYOR.

Another excellent set of results yesterday and good write up in today's Times. Remains a core PEP/ISA holding imo. Unlikely to interest the day traders, but made me a lot of money since the 1970s!

Another year, another excellent performance and another dividend increase - now 29 years in succession. Todays yield around 4%, but compounding effect on my first purchase is fantastic. Share price has trod water last 12 months, but still better than most. Always DYOR

HLMA chart as promised. Looks like we could get a nice short to med term trade out of this one.

Another year, another excellent performance and now 32 years of dividend increases of at least 5%. Share price down - but not selling mine. Always dyor.

Goes ex-divi 20th July '11 (5.56p)

There's an interesting prospect coming up on Thursday, in the form of interim results from Halma . Halma is in the health and safety business, with divisions focusing on health, hazard detection, and industrial safety. With a share price of 392p, there's only a 2.6% dividend forecast, but that's on strong earnings growth and it's in a business that surely has a good long term future

From IC this week:
"Electronics & engineering group Halma has an enviable reputation for consistency - it has a multi-decade record of dividend increases. Demand in its' end markets is largely driven by regulation and maintenance spending and buyers of it's leak detection kits and safety sensors are often found in defensive industries such as healthcare & infrastructure. The group has a good geographical spread and a robust balance sheet that supports an impressive record of growth-enhancing acquisitions. BUY"
Market Cap £1.4bn, Div yield 2.4%, forecast EPS growth 20%, 5 yr Beta 0.65.

Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma is one of those steady-Eddie companies that rarely makes waves. Thursday's full year results should see the company continue its impressive record of consistent double-digit percentage growth. The consensus market forecast is for earnings per share to shot up by a fifth to 24.63p from 20.49p the year before. Underlying profit before tax is seen breaking through the £100m barrier to £120.8m on sales of £581m. # The health and analysis part of the group is expected to be the fastest growing division. There is also likely to be an update on the integration of recent acquisitions.

Another very solid set of resuts and dividend now increased by 5% or more (this year 7%) in each of the last 34 years - the compounding effect of that is fantastic.

Decent set of interim figures again today - a classic example of the best companies having few followers on these boards. Market cap now well over £2bn.

Has to be one of the best FTSE250 performers over many years. Excellent interims again today. Market cap now £2.8Bn. Hope a few more have enjoyed HLMA success.

Halma's amazing record run continues
By Lee Wild | Tue, 14th June 2016 - 14:00

UK technology smoke alarms Halma profits reliable dividend growth 37 years If there was a prize for consistency, Halma (HLMA) would probably win it. I seem to write that, or something like it, every time I cover the smoke detectors and automatic door sensors firm, but now, more than ever, it's a point worth ramming home.
Halma delivered a thirteenth consecutive year of record revenue and profit in the 53 weeks to 2 April. It also increased the dividend by 7%, the 37th year in a row it's risen by 5% or more. It can do this because management has built a highly diversified, defensive business with four divisions. A tough year at one is offset by strength at the others.

Adjusted pre-tax profit grew by 8% to £166 million on revenue up 11% to £808 million, or up 3% and 6% respectively at organic constant currency. Three of the divisions - infrastructure safety, medical, and environmental and analysis - had a record year, which offset a 15% organic decline in constant currency profit at the oil-related process safety unit.

"Given the varied market conditions you're reminded of the strength of strategy and business model, like regulation, healthcare, demand for water," chief executive Andrew Williams told Interactive Investor on Tuesday. "We offer some certainty in an uncertain environment."

Crucially, Williams also said that order intake continues to exceed revenue and order intake last year, and at this early stage, the company is on track to meet expectations.

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Halma is diversified geographically, too. Every major region posted top line growth and revenue grew by 22%, or 9% at organic constant currency, in the US, Halma's largest market.

More money was spent on Mergers and Acquisitions last year than ever before. Four deals got done last year, at a cost of £193 million, almost half of which went on American sensors firm CenTrak, which enables real-time monitoring of doctors and hospital assets. Expect more smaller deals in future as many large businesses are overpriced.

"We continue to believe in Halma's quality and today's results are further demonstration of its defensive growth traits, and remain positive on the shares on a long-term basis," wrote analysts at Barclays.

"Our only struggle, given our 12-month ratings horizon, is with the significant valuation premium the shares are already ascribed relative to its UK industrial peers."

Halma shares currently trade on a price/earnings (PE) ratio of 24.7 times consensus earnings estimates for 2017. That's a 43% premium to the UK industrial sector average compared with a five-year average premium of 27.5%.

Wee punt, Trading Statement Thursday, Limit Buy filled on the spreads @ 981p

Bit of a result, never traded this before moved my stop right up to lock in profits. RNS below:-

The results for the year ending 1 April 2017 will be released on 13 June 2017.

Audit Tender conclusion

Halma has concluded an external audit tender process and intends to propose to shareholders, at the 2017 Annual General Meeting, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the accounting year ending 31 March 2018.

The decision follows a competitive process undertaken by the Audit Committee, concluding with a recommendation, approved by the Board, to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Further details of the tender process will be included in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

The current Statutory Auditor, Deloitte LLP, will continue in its role and undertake the audit of Halma plc for the year ending 1 April 2017.



For further information, please contact:

Halma plc Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111
Andrew Williams, Chief Executive
Kevin Thompson, Finance Director

MHP Communications Tel: +44 (0)20 3128 8100
Rachel Hirst/Andrew Jaques


Notes:

1.
Adjusted profit before tax is before amortisation of acquired intangible assets, acquisition items and profit or loss on disposal of operations and restructuring.

2.
The Board believes current market forecasts for adjusted profit before tax to be in the range of £183.7 million to £199.4 million with a consensus of £191.4 million.

3.
This Trading Update is based on unaudited management accounts information and has been prepared solely to provide additional information to the shareholders of Halma plc. It should not be relied on by any other party, for other purposes. Forward-looking statements have been made by the Directors in good faith using information available up until the date that they approved this statement. Forward-looking statements should be regarded with caution because of the inherent uncertainties in economic trends and business risks.

4.
A copy of this announcement, together with other information about Halma, may be viewed on its website: www.halma.com

Well done CC - but as I believe Warren Buffett's mate Charlie Munger once said "You make your real money by waiting, not by buying and selling". If you had held Halma since the 1970s, a classic example!

partridge - Hindsight is wonderful can't disagree with your sentiments, in the 1970's I was more interested in my career and had no knowledge or interest in stocks and shares, wish I had now of course. I only became interested and started trading/investing in the Stock Market in 2006. To me it is a hobby, I won't be alive in forty or fifty years time so long term investing not really an option for me personally.