RNS Announcement
HALMA plc
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
In conformity with the Transparency Directive, Halma plc ('Halma') is required to announce to the market the receipt of notifications of major interests in shares. Halma received the notice below on 8 May 2014 in respect of Massachusetts Financial Services Company.
Carol Chesney
Company Secretary, Halma plc
Tel +44 (0)1494 721111
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Halma plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Massachusetts Financial Services
Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
MFS invests in securities of the issuer on
behalf of its various mutual funds and
institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
6 May 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
7 May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 10%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type ofshares
if possible usingthe ISIN CODE
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
NumberofShares
NumberofVotingRights
Numberof shares
Number of votingrights
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary
(GB0004052071)
37,764,891
37,841,275
10.018%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/conversionPeriod
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/converted.
% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exerciseprice
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Entity
Voting Rights
% of Voting Rights
MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.A.
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
MFS Heritage Trust Company
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.
MFS Investment Management K.K.
37,227
329,330
28,266,855
486,086
1,538,609
7,135,411
47,757
0.0099%
0.0872%
7.4832%
0.1287%
0.4073%
1.8890%
0.0126%
Total
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:
Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
Massachusetts Financial Services Co.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199
USA
Phone number & email
617-954-5814
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
Robert Flaherty
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
Holding(s) in Company
15:28:40
9 May 2014
Holding(s) in company
7487G
