Halma Holdings Inc Annual Report 2008

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HALMA

Making a difference

Halma p.l.c. Annual report and accounts 2008

Financial highlights

Halma operates in global
markets offering long-term growth
underpinned by robust growth
drivers. Our products help to provide
innovative solutions for many of the
key issues facing the world today:

REVENUE*

£400m

£300m

£200m

£100m

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Demand for energy
and water resources

Growth in population,
ageing and urbanisation

Increasing demand
for healthcare

Rising expectations
of health and safety

CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Revenue
Adjusted proﬁt before taxation(1)
Statutory proﬁt before taxation
Adjusted earnings per share(2)
Statutory earnings per share
Total dividends (paid and proposed) per share
Return on sales(3)
Return on total invested capital(4)
Return on capital employed(4)

CHANGE

2008

2007

+13% £395.1m £351.1m
+11% £72.8m £65.6m
+9% £68.0m £62.1m
+12% 13.86p
12.42p
+10% 12.97p
11.77p
7.55p
7.18p
+5%
18.4%
18.7%
14.1%
14.0%
55.8%
60.1%

Pro-forma information:
(1) Adjusted to remove the amortisation of acquired intangible assets of £4,757,000

(2007: £3,458,000).

(2) Adjusted to remove the amortisation of acquired intangible assets. See note 2 to the

(3) Return on sales is deﬁned as adjusted(1) proﬁt before taxation from continuing operations

expressed as a percentage of revenue from continuing operations.

(4) Organic growth rates, Return on total invested capital and Return on capital employed are

non-GAAP performance measures used by management in measuring the returns achieved
from the Group’s asset base. See note 3 to the accounts for details.

accounts for details.

PROFIT*

£80m

£60m

£40m

£20m

ROTIC** (%)

DIVIDENDS*** (pence/share)

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* Revenue and proﬁt include the results of discontinued

** Figures prior to 2005 have not been restated for IFRS.

*** Dividends paid and proposed.

operations up to the date of their discontinuance. Proﬁt is before
amortisation of acquired intangibles/goodwill and taxation.
Figures prior to 2005 have not been restated for IFRS.

WACC (weighted average cost of capital).

DIRECTORS’ REPORT:
BUSINESS REVIEW

DIRECTORS’ REPORT:
GOVERNANCE

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Who we are
What we do
Chairman’s statement
Chief Executive’s review
Strategic review
Strategic principles and KPIs
Risks and resources

Board of Directors and executive team
Corporate governance
Nomination Committee report
Audit Committee report

Consolidated income statement
Consolidated balance sheet
Consolidated statement of
recognised income and expense
Reconciliation of movements
in shareholders’ funds
Consolidated cash ﬂow statement
Accounting policies

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Sector reviews
– Infrastructure Sensors
– Health and Analysis
– Industrial Safety
Financial review
Sustainability review

Remuneration report
Other statutory information
Directors’ responsibilities

Notes to the accounts
Independent Auditors’ report – Group
Company balance sheet
Notes to the Company accounts
Independent Auditors’ report – Company
Summary 1999 to 2008
Halma group directory
Shareholder information

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Who we are

Organisation

People

We are a highly decentralised organisation
with an entrepreneurial and achievement
oriented culture.

We recruit and develop top quality boards to
lead our businesses and offer opportunities
for genuine and rapid career development.

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Through regular interaction
between the Group’s Executive
Board members, common
challenges and opportunities for
Group businesses are identiﬁed.

Our ﬂat operating structure
provides excellent visibility of
individual achievement levels.

Each subsidiary is led by a
management team who
enjoy genuine autonomy and
the freedom to grow in an
entrepreneurial environment.

These management teams are
chaired by Halma’s Divisonal
Chief Executives who understand
the market needs and can
contribute broadly to the
individual company’s strategy
in technical, operational and
commercial areas.

Halma’s success relies on
building strong management
teams at subsidiary companies.
This demands a rigorous
approach to both recruitment
and people development.

We have in-house training
programmes for subsidiary
directors and managers.
These programmes help our
people to be more successful
in their current roles so that
their achievements will create

opportunity for further
career development.

Halma’s Executive Board
actively manages the
development of individuals
among our top 200 subsidiary
directors and managers.

Almost all Executive Board
members and all executive
Directors have been appointed
through internal promotion.

* Halma Executive Development Programme
** Halma Management Development Programme

www.halma.com

WHERE WE OPERATE

Halma is made up of three sectors with
operations in over 20 countries.

Infrastructure Sensors
Health and Analysis
Industrial Safety

Products

Performance

Our products provide innovative
solutions for many key issues
facing the world today.

We have a strong track record of
sustained value-creation.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE

TOTAL DIVIDENDS PAID AND PROPOSED

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£15m

£10m

£5m

£28.2m

£18.6m
+22%

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The quality and performance
of our products are key to our
long-term success. We create
products where the value to our
customers is signiﬁcant relative
to cost. Often our products are
critical components within the
customer’s larger system or
process. Many of our products
are the world market leading
brands in their niche. Much of

our intellectual property comes
from application know-how built
up over many years.

Research and development (R&D)
plays an important role in
ensuring that our products
remain competitive. Increasingly
Halma companies are sharing
technical know-how and
collaborating to meet
customer needs.

Our aim is to deliver growth and
high returns, and to create value
for shareholders each year.
This has resulted in us building a
track record of sustained success
over more than 30 years.

We are highly cash generative
and use this cash to sustain
organic growth, expand through

acquisition and provide a growing
dividend to shareholders.

We have increased our dividend
in each of the past 29 years. Our
dividend record is unrivalled on
the London Stock Exchange.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

What we do

SECTORS

Infrastructure Sensors

PROFIT* CONTRIBUTION

Detecting hazards
and protecting
people and property
in buildings.

£29m
38%

Health and Analysis

PROFIT* CONTRIBUTION

Improving public
and personal health;
protecting the
environment.

£28m
37%

Industrial Safety

Protecting property
and people at work.

See note 1 to the accounts

PROFIT* CONTRIBUTION

£19m
25%

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SUB-SECTORS

FIRE
DETECTION

SECURITY
SENSORS

AUTOMATIC
DOOR
SENSORS

ELEVATOR
SAFETY

We make ﬁre and smoke
detectors and audible/visual
warning devices. We are
the world’s second largest
manufacturer of point smoke
detectors used in public and
commercial property.

We have a strong presence in
this strategically important and
fast growing market. We are
market leaders in the UK and
South Africa for security sensors
used in public and commercial
property.

We are the world’s largest
manufacturer of sensors used
on automatic doors in public
and commercial buildings.

We are the world’s largest
manufacturer of elevator/lift
door safety sensors. We
also make emergency
communication devices,
displays and control panels
for elevators.

WATER

PHOTONICS

HEALTH
OPTICS

FLUID
TECHNOLOGY

We are the world leaders in
monitoring and ﬁnding leaks
in underground water pipelines
and among the world leaders
in UV technology for disinfecting
and treating water.

We have market leading
technologies and products
which generate, measure
and condition light and
analyse the interaction
of light with substances.

We make handheld devices
used to assess eye health,
diagnose disease and assist
with eye surgery as well as
diagnostic devices for general
medical applications.

We make critical components
such as pumps, probes, valves,
connectors and tubing used by
scientiﬁc, environmental and
medical diagnostic OEMs for
demanding applications.

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GAS
DETECTION

BURSTING
DISCS

SAFETY
INTERLOCKS

ASSET
MONITORING

We make portable instruments
and ﬁxed systems which
detect ﬂammable and
hazardous gases.

We make ‘one time use’
pressure relief devices to
protect large vessels and
pipework in process industries.

We make specialised
mechanical, electrical and
electromechanical locks which
ensure that critical processes
operate safely.

We make products for
monitoring physical assets
above ground, below ground
and under water using
innovative sensor and
communications technologies.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Chairman’s statement

We enter the new year in good shape,
continuing to see organic and acquisitive
growth opportunities

Halma: what we do and our strategy
Our business is to produce products which protect lives and improve the quality of life for people
worldwide. We do this through continuous innovation in market-leading products, which meet
the increasing demands for improvements to health, safety and the environment. We build
strong positions in markets where the demand is global. Our businesses are autonomous
and highly entrepreneurial.

Strategically we aim to grow proﬁt and revenue in excess of 5% p.a. organically, to have Return
on sales in the region of 18% or above and generate post-tax Return on total invested capital of
more than 12%. As a result we are highly cash generative and re-invest back into our businesses
through people, product and market development, continue to acquire more companies with like
characteristics, and strive to give annual dividend growth of 5% or more to our shareholders. The
latter we have achieved for 29 consecutive years.

Results
Once again, we have seen good progress over the last ﬁnancial year. Revenue from continuing
operations increased 13% to £395.1m (2007: £351.1m) with underlying organic growth* of 8.0%
despite adverse currency effects of 1.4%, i.e. 9.4% at constant currency. Proﬁt before tax and
amortisation of acquired intangibles on continuing operations was £72.8m (2007: £65.6m) an
increase of 11%, organic growth* was 6.7%; 7.6% at constant currency. Statutory proﬁt before
tax increased 9% to £68.0m. The Board is recommending a ﬁnal dividend of 4.55p per share,
an increase of 5.1%. Our dividend cover has increased to 1.83 times (2007: 1.74 times). Return
on total invested capital* was 14.1% (2007: 14.0%).

Acquisitions and disposals
During the year we acquired Sonar Research & Development (SRD) for £2.6m which now operates
as part of Tritech in the Industrial Safety sector and Riester (manufacturer of small medical and
ophthalmic diagnostic devices) for €55m (£40m) in our Health and Analysis sector. In Infrastructure
Sensors we concluded a joint venture agreement with a leading Chinese ﬁre detector supplier
which will result in an investment of approximately £2.5m in 2008/09.

We disposed of Post Glover Lifelink for US$6m (£3m).

Market development
We expanded our banking facilities in February 2008 with a new ﬁve-year £165m syndicated
revolving credit facility, replacing our existing £60m facility on similar attractive terms. This
increases our ﬁrepower to acquire more ﬁrst-class companies that ﬁt our strategic direction.
We have allocated increased management resource to seek out and evaluate potential
opportunities and the pipeline is improving.

Progress in China has been solid thanks to the investment we have made in our China hubs
which are there to help our subsidiaries set up direct operations. Sales increased by 19% to £9m
and the number of Group companies with in-country operations since we established the hubs
has increased from 3 to 16.

We are now setting up a similar hub in India, which will assist Group companies in developing
operations there.

These investments are in line with our strategy of devoting more resources to the faster
growing economies.

Governance
At the beginning of the year we announced the appointment of Jane Aikman to the Board. Jane
is the Financial Director of Inﬁnis Limited (the UK’s largest purely renewable energy generator)
and she brings extensive ﬁnancial and East Asia experience to the Board.

Geoff Unwin
Chairman

www.halma.com

RETURN ON TOTAL INVESTED CAPITAL*

DIVIDEND INCREASE

14.1%
5%

At the end of the year we announced that Keith Roy had given notice that he would retire and
resign as a Director with effect from 31 July 2008. Keith’s contribution as an executive Director
has been immense. Among the many qualities that Keith demonstrates, his mentoring and
people development skills are outstanding. Many managers and directors within the Group owe
their strong development to encouragement and advice from Keith. On behalf of the Board I would
like to thank him and wish him well in the next stage of his life.

In April we appointed Adam Meyers as an executive Director to the Board. He is responsible
for the Health Optics and Photonics division within Halma’s Health and Analysis sector. His
knowledge of many of our Health and Analysis markets, particularly in the USA, brings an
added dimension to the Board.

People
We owe these results to the quality of people within Halma, to their continued innovation and
their dedication to our customers. A sincere thank you to them all.

We continue to invest in the development of our people, in particular through our management
training programmes. It is encouraging to see an increasing number of internal promotions
within the Group, particularly cross-company promotions.

Summary
Another year of strong progress. We enter the new year in good shape, continuing to see organic
and acquisitive growth opportunities and this gives us conﬁdence for the future.

Geoff Unwin
Chairman
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See Financial highlights

2008 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY ACHIEVEMENTS

What we said

What we’ve achieved

1. Measurement and reporting of our carbon footprint

Halma’s carbon policy was approved by the Board at the beginning of
the year and calls for a 10% reduction in the carbon footprint by 2010.

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2. Establishment of non-ﬁnancial KPI in respect of the workplace

3. Continuing development of our people

4. Emphasis on business ethics

5. Maintenance of the composition and balance of the Board

Halma conducts an annual survey of its employees to assess how
well the Group’s values are aligned with its employees and how well
the Group communicates its values to employees.

The Halma Executive Development Programme has been
supplemented with a Management Development Programme aimed
at middle-managers and the necessary skills they need in their current
and future roles.

At the beginning of the year, the Group formally adopted Group-wide
policies on human rights and business practices to reinforce the
strong ethical culture already prevalent throughout the Group.

The Board ﬁlled the non-executive Director vacancy during the year
thereby restoring its optimum composition. The Board also identiﬁed
an internal successor for a retiring executive Director.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Chief Executive’s review

Record revenue and proﬁt

Record revenue and proﬁt
We have achieved another year of record revenue and proﬁt, demonstrating the strength of our
business model and strategy which has created value consistently for shareholders, customers
and employees over nearly four decades.

We continue to maintain a healthy balance between short-term performance and investment for
sustainable growth in the longer term. The diversity of our products, markets and customer base
provides good opportunities for organic and acquisitive growth and our underlying order intake
trend remains strong.

Good organic growth and strong returns
We grew revenues from continuing operations by 13% to £395m (2007: £351m) and proﬁt before
amortisation of acquired intangibles by 11% to £72.8m. Organic revenue growth* of 8.0% and
organic proﬁt growth* of 6.7% exceeded the 5% p.a. minimum objective for a third consecutive
year. Return on sales* of 18.4%, Return on capital employed* of 55.8% and Return on total invested
capital* of 14.1% were all strong performances and meet my overall objective to deliver growth
without diluting the high quality of returns.

Growth in all three sectors
All three reporting sectors (Infrastructure Sensors, Health and Analysis and Industrial Safety)
achieved organic revenue and proﬁt growth. In Infrastructure Sensors, our Fire Detection business
performed very strongly whilst Elevator Safety and Security Sensors ended the year with improved
momentum as planned following the major strategic changes implemented in the ﬁrst half of the
year. Our Health and Analysis sector made good progress with Labsphere, acquired in February
2007, contributing to another positive year for Photonics. Industrial Safety continued its record of
strong organic growth and also beneﬁted from a good performance from Tritech, the subsea asset
monitoring business acquired in November 2006.

Revenue to all major geographic regions increased with double digit growth in the UK (+13%),
Mainland Europe (+18%) and Asia Paciﬁc/Australasia (+21%) – the latter meeting our objective
of increasing our rate of revenue growth in Asia. Revenues into the USA grew by 7% despite an

OUR VALUES

Achievement

Empowerment

Innovation

Customer
satisfaction

We aim to achieve record performance each year. This is
accomplished through the individual and collective achievements
of our people. We recognise, reward and celebrate high levels
of achievement as this drives continuous improvement and
sustained wealth creation.

We succeed by empowering our people to lead, make decisions
and act with autonomy within a clearly communicated strategic
framework. We give clear goals and make people accountable
through regular and unambiguous performance feedback.

We need to be innovative to be competitive, grow our business
and create wealth. We encourage creativity whether it be in
product design, manufacturing, selling or administration. We
actively seek to recognise and reward innovative behaviour at
all levels of our organisation.

We are only successful if we help our customers to succeed too.
We achieve this by giving customers what they want, every time,
and ﬁnding new ways to add value. We aim to be leaders in our
chosen sectors through innovative products and excellent service
to customers.

Andrew Williams
Chief Executive

www.halma.com

2008 ORGANIC* REVENUE GROWTH

2008 ORGANIC* PROFIT GROWTH

8%
7%

adverse currency impact. The geographic diversity of our customer base and, increasingly, our
cost base ensured that the overall impact of currency movement on the Group’s revenue and proﬁt
was modest.

Acquisition activity continues with increased resources
Three acquisitions and one disposal were completed during the last year. In December 2007,
we bought Riester (a German manufacturer of handheld instruments for the eyecare and general
healthcare markets) for £40m, making it the second largest acquisition in our history. Earlier in
the year we acquired SRD (£2.6m) to add new technology to our existing subsea Asset Monitoring
business and BKKI for £0.3m to establish a stronger platform for our Gas Detection products in
China. In January 2008, we sold Post Glover Lifelink Inc for £3m.

Our pipeline of acquisition opportunities remains good due to our increased ‘search’ activities and
a stable marketplace for high quality small to mid-size technology businesses. We ended the year
with net debt of £44m having extended our core borrowing facilities in February 2008 to £165m
and leaving us well placed to take any suitable opportunities when they arise.

More investment in product and process innovation
We launched over 90 new products during the year and increased expenditure on R&D by 22% to
£18.6m. This R&D expenditure supports a wide range of activities from leading edge technology to
modifying existing products to meet precise customer needs.

Increasingly we are seeing opportunities to gain competitive advantage through our
manufacturing capabilities. Investment is increasing in manufacturing automation across the
Group. Examples include the latest Optical Thin Film coating technology in Photonics and the latest
electron beam welding equipment to help our Bursting Disc business sell into new OEM markets.
Strategically, this increased automation also simpliﬁes manufacturing processes and opens up
the opportunity to replicate operations closer to our customers in other regions.

A resilient value-creation strategy
Halma has changed a lot in recent years but our core values of Achievement through
Empowerment, Innovation and Customer Satisfaction have remained the same.

Our value-creation strategy is a ‘twin-track’ approach.

As a business ‘investor’, we actively manage a portfolio of businesses, allocating capital and
people resources according to where we see the best return. Since April 2005, we have made
11 acquisitions and 9 disposals.

As a business ‘developer’, we provide resources and highly relevant expertise to help our high
return companies grow on a sustained basis. These resources and expertise include not only
our Divisional Chief Executives, who chair the Group companies, but increasingly the knowledge
shared between our companies. In addition to ensuring strong ﬁnancial control and good
governance, the role of our small Head Ofﬁce is increasingly one of enabling companies to grow
faster. Since April 2005, we have created Halma hubs in China, established senior management
training programmes, held technology transfer events, increased the opportunities for cross-selling
between Group companies and increased capital investment in new manufacturing capability.

The consistently high returns achieved by Halma are a direct consequence of selecting a diverse
range of businesses which have common characteristics. These include robust market growth

2008 STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS

What we said

1. Organic growth to exceed 5% p.a.

2. Targeted acquisitions

3. Build on Chinese hubs and grow revenue in Asia

4. Continued management development

5. Maintain strong new product introduction

What we’ve achieved

7% organic proﬁt growth and 8% organic revenue growth driving
record results.

Riester acquired in December 2007 for €55 million strengthening our
Health and Analysis sector. SRD and BKKI bolt-on deals completed to
strengthen our Industrial Safety sector.

Revenue in Asia increased by 21%. 16 group companies now have a
direct presence in China. Our ﬁrst acquisition (BKKI) and a Joint Venture
agreement (Fire Detection) in China. Manufacturing hub facility due to
be operational in Shanghai mid-2008.

Further Halma Executive Development Programmes (HEDP) completed
for senior managers. New Halma Management Development
Programme (HMDP) introduced for middle management.

Over 90 new products launched during 2007/08. R&D expenditure
increased by 22% to £18.6m. More new products developed through
collaboration between Group companies.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Chief Executive’s review (continued)

drivers, strong barriers to entry, products which target ‘non-discretionary’ customer spend
and untapped international growth opportunities. Our consistent good performance through
macro-economic cycles shows the resilience of this integrated ﬁnancial, operating and market
drivers strategy.

Corporate responsibility and sustainability
Halma’s commitment to the environment, safety and health and improving the quality of life for
individuals is reﬂected in both the way we do business and the products we create for our customers.

Our ‘operational’ commitment is shown in greater detail in the Sustainability review starting on
page 32, including the clear objectives we set ourselves in areas ranging from carbon policy to
the safety of our employees. We set objectives because they make good business sense. These
are regularly reviewed and, where necessary, acted upon by the Board.

The positive impact that our products have on society and the environment is signiﬁcant and is a
source of satisfaction for employees. Examples include protecting people from hazardous gases
at work, providing safe access to public buildings for those with physical disabilities, enabling
eye specialists to prevent sight loss or protecting the environment by conserving water through
leakage reduction.

Stronger talent and succession planning processes
We achieve and sustain our high levels of performance because we have talented and hard
working teams of people throughout the Group. The quality and depth of talent has improved
signiﬁcantly over recent years and I thank everyone who has contributed to another excellent year.

We have transformed the way in which we identify, develop and reward people. During the year,
a new Halma Management Development Programme was created to support our Executive
Development Programme and drive our investment in people development deeper into our
organisation. A key beneﬁt of this overall investment has been improved succession planning
and increased internal promotions.

During the past year, three new Divisional Chief Executives were appointed. All were internal
promotions, with each one earned through a strong track record of achievement at Managing
Director level.

In April 2008, one of our existing DCEs Adam Meyers was promoted to the Halma p.l.c. Board
following Keith Roy’s announcement of his intention to retire in July 2008.

I congratulate Adam on his well deserved promotion and also wish Keith a long and happy
retirement. Keith’s generosity in sharing his experience and developing others is reﬂected in
the strength of our Executive team and many of our subsidiary company boards. He leaves
with the Group in good shape.

Outlook
Our businesses are well-positioned to sustain growth in the short and medium term due to
their diversity of product range, customer base and geographic footprint as well as the ‘non-
discretionary’ spend aspect of our safety-related products. In Infrastructure Sensors, these
factors, a focus on commercial rather than residential buildings and a strong bias towards
reﬁt/refurbishment rather than new construction, gives us conﬁdence of continued progress
in 2008/09.

All of our Health and Analysis markets look positive for the coming year and beyond. In addition
to good organic growth prospects we are still targeting much of our acquisition search efforts
in this sector.

Order intake trends have continued to be positive as we move into the next ﬁnancial year. A major
contributor to this is in Industrial Safety where many of our customers in the oil and gas market
have an ever lengthening pipeline of orders to fulﬁl.

Halma continues to deliver strong growth across our businesses and territories. This reﬂects our
well-balanced portfolio and our focus on unique and high performance products that promote
health and safety where customer investment is often non-discretionary. Our end markets remain
robust and our ﬁnancial position is strong. This gives us signiﬁcant headroom to continue investing
in innovation and organic growth and making acquisitions as the right opportunities present
themselves. Therefore I am conﬁdent that we are well-positioned to make further progress in the
current year and beyond.

Andrew Williams
Chief Executive
*

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Strategic review

We operate in relatively non-cyclical
markets with resilient growth drivers.
This enables us to increase
shareholder value via organic
growth and acquisitions.

RETURN ON SALES*

REVENUE GROWTH TO ASIA

18.4%
21%

MACRO-ECONOMIC, REGULATORY AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
Our expectation for 2008/09 is that the macro-economic environment will be generally favourable
to our growth strategy. We expect a higher risk of instability in the global economy but anticipate
that for us any demand reduction in speciﬁc markets will be more than offset by: rising demand
in developing regions; extending sales channels and gaining market share in developed regions;
and more value-enhancing acquisitions.

Increasing environmental and safety legislation in our markets is favourable to us since it
creates demand for our products. Global, national and regional product approvals and
technical validations are an increasing cost and technical challenge, but also form an
increasing barrier to market entrants.

While a slowdown in the more mature economies may moderate our rate of organic growth,
we have a resilient business mix. Many Halma products sell into highly regulated markets
characterised by low sales cyclicality. Demand resilience due to many of our products being
driven by ‘non-discretionary’ customer spend, together with the diversity of our product portfolio,
geographic market spread and a signiﬁcant contribution from service income, upgrading
and replacement products provide protection from unfavourable macro-economic trends.

While our markets are competitive, sales are spread across a wide range of industries; our
largest single market is ﬁre detection (approximately 15% of revenue) and our largest individual
customer constitutes less than 3% of Halma revenue. This wide spread of activity means that
competition issues are analysed at subsidiary company or operating sector level and our
competitive environment is considered in the Sector reviews on pages 16-27.
GROUP STRATEGY AND FORWARD VISION
We have a clear vision of how the world is changing. Increased regulation and legislation, long-
term demographic trends and generally higher safety, health and environmental expectations
are relevant examples. As the world changes, our customers and their needs change too.

Within our operating businesses growth strategies tend to have a three to ﬁve-year horizon.
However, at Group level, our strategy for acquiring businesses, developing positions in
markets and investing in manufacturing resources has a horizon of 10 years or more.

We position our businesses in markets which we identify as relatively non-cyclical. We select
markets with good prospects of long-term, sustained growth whatever the prevailing macro-
economic conditions. Our criteria for choosing markets is that they are underpinned by
resilient growth drivers.
OUR PRIMARY GROWTH DRIVERS
Demand for energy and water resources
Worldwide growth in energy and water consumption is relentless. The total world consumption
of marketed energy is projected to increase by 57% from 2004 to 20301. Despite the predicted
economic slowdown in the USA, Asian economies are forecast to grow by 7.6% in 2008, with
the PRC economy expanding by 10%2. As an indicator of rising energy demand, Asian electricity
generation is predicted to rise annually by more than 4% from 2004 to 20301. These trends favour
our Industrial Safety businesses as investment in oil exploration and power generation continues
to rise.

Growth in population, ageing and urbanisation
While population growth, ageing and urbanisation are sales drivers with a global dimension,
their impact on our businesses is different regionally. For example, population growth and
urbanisation drives demand for our Infrastructure Sensor products in Asia while the ageing
population in the Western World drives demand for health products.

By the end of 2008 more than half of the world’s population, 3.3 billion people, will be living
in urban areas, rising to almost 5 billion by 20303. The next few decades will see unprecedented
urban growth, particularly in the developing world. Urbanisation drives investment in non-
residential buildings like shops, ofﬁces, schools and hospitals, the primary market for our
infrastructure sensors.

1 International Energy Outlook 2007, Energy Information Administration (US Government)
2 Asian Development Outlook 2007, Asian Development Bank
3 State of World Population 2007, UNFPA (United Nations)

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Poor water quality and the urgent need to conserve water resource stimulate demand for
our water leak location equipment, water quality testing kits and UV water treatment systems.

Increasing demand for healthcare
Many factors are fuelling the growing worldwide demand for healthcare and our health related
products. The USA, the world’s largest healthcare market, is expected to grow at an annual rate
of 6.7% from 2007 to 2017. US healthcare spending will rise from 16.3% of GDP in 2007 to 19.5%
in 20174.

In the developed world population ageing creates rising demand, whereas in the developing
world economic development is making healthcare affordable to an increasing number of
people. Throughout the world, advances in medical technology enable new medical procedures,
stimulating demand for new instruments and equipment.

Increasing regulation and rising expectations of health and safety
Each year as many as 270 million people suffer occupational accidents and 160 million contract
occupational diseases. Approximately two million people die from work-related accidents and
diseases annually5. To combat this, governments worldwide introduce increasingly rigorous safety
and environmental legislation to provide improved safety and quality of life. Failure to address
these risks carries a huge potential cost to our customers.

Globalisation also drives demand for safety equipment. Western multinational businesses see the
development of transnational safety and health standards as good business practice, effectively
exporting high safety standards to the countries they operate in. In time, these practices become
integrated into the regulatory frameworks of the ‘host’ countries. This is a process we see evolving
in Asia currently.

New technology
During the past year, Halma companies spent 4.7% of revenue (£18.6m) on R&D and introduced
around 90 new products into their market niches. Although we develop leading edge technology
in some businesses, for example our Photonics business, most of our R&D is spent on taking
proven technology and applying it in new ways using our market leading understanding of the
application challenges. Our R&D resources are placed in each of the subsidiary companies
to ensure market needs are understood and met efﬁciently. This agility results in products with
superior performance and value for customers delivering strong product margins and
sustained revenue growth.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
Organic growth
Our strategic priorities for 2008/09 are to continue to deliver organic growth and maintain
a balance between investment and proﬁtability. The ability to grow and to make additional
investments is an important element of our progress over the past three years.

Acquisitions
We want to accelerate our rate of growth by acquisition. We have invested more resources in
our search for acquisitions and to ensure newly acquired businesses are integrated effectively.
The characteristics of target businesses and their markets are most important. They have to be a
good ﬁt with our operating culture and strategy in addition to being value-enhancing ﬁnancially.

Asian business expansion
We are seeing continued progress and opportunities in Asia – where revenue grew by 21% this
year and represents around 11% of the Group total. The Halma China hubs created in 2006
resulted in 16 Group companies with a presence in the country, up from three originally. Since then
we have made small investments in Fire and Gas Detection and are creating a manufacturing
hub in Shanghai which will be operational in mid-2008. We are establishing a new Halma India
hub in Mumbai which will be operational by the end of 2008.

Management development
We will continue to strengthen our management. Our increased investment in training has
improved the quality and ﬂexibility of our senior management and resulted in greater movement
of managers across Group companies. Active management of our people resources is a key
factor in our ability to sustain long-term growth.

Executive Board responsibilities are adjusted regularly to match our strategic priorities.

High rate of innovation
Innovation is continually improving from an already high standard. Our emphasis is on both
product and process innovation since the latter often results in signiﬁcant competitive advantage
for niche businesses. The quality of entries in our monthly and annual innovation awards,
together with the high number of new products launched each year, underline this success.

4 Outlook – Healthcare Properties 2008, Grubb & Ellis Company (US)
5 Decent Work, Safe Work, International Labour Ofﬁce

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Strategic principles

KPIs

We apply ﬁve strategic principles to
create shareholder value.

We use ﬁnancial Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) to monitor progress.

1. Operate in specialised global markets

offering long-term growth underpinned
by robust growth drivers achieving organic
growth rates above the blended long-term
growth rate of our markets of around 5%.

2. Build businesses which lead specialised

global markets through innovative products
differentiated on performance and quality
rather than price alone.

3. Recruit and develop top quality boards
to lead our businesses and nurture an
entrepreneurial culture within a framework
of rigorous ﬁnancial discipline.

4. Acquire companies and intellectual assets that
extend our existing activities, enhance our
entrepreneurial culture, ﬁt into our decentralised
operating structure and meet our demanding
ﬁnancial performance expectations.

5. Achieve a high Return on capital employed
to generate cash efﬁciently to fund organic
growth, closely targeted acquisitions and
sustained dividend growth.

ORGANIC REVENUE GROWTH1

8% >5%

2007

Group target

RETURN ON SALES2

18.4% 18.7% ~18%

2007

Group target

ORGANIC PROFIT GROWTH1

8% >5%

2007

Group target

ROTIC (RETURN ON TOTAL INVESTED CAPITAL)3

14.1%

14.0% >12%

2007

Group target

ROCE (RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED)3

56%

60% >45%

2007

Group target

R&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE4

4.7%

4.3% >4%

2007

Group target

OPERATING CASH TO PROFIT5

104% 106% 100%

Group target

2007

Strong organic growth
across all sectors
for the third
consecutive year.

High margins with
continued investment
including costs of
Security sub-sector
reorganisation.

Continued progress
driven by strong top
line growth.

Excellent returns for
the Group well in
excess of our WACC
of 8.4%.

High returns at
operating company
level.

Another year of
increased investment
producing over 90
new products.

Good cash conversion
after funding working
capital and assets
for growth.

See pages 32 to 35 for non-ﬁnancial KPIs

1. Organic growth measures the change in the revenue and proﬁt from continuing Group operations. The effect of acquisitions made during the current or prior ﬁnancial period has been equalised

by subtracting from the current year results a pro-rated contribution based on their revenue and proﬁt at the date of acquisition.

2. Return on sales is deﬁned as adjusted6 proﬁt before taxation from continuing operations expressed as a percentage of revenue from continuing operations.
3. ROTIC and ROCE are non-GAAP measures used by management in measuring the returns achieved from the Group’s asset base. See note 3 to the accounts for details of the calculation basis.
4. Research and development expenditure as a percentage of revenue from continuing operations.
5. Cash generated from operations expressed as a percentage of adjusted6 proﬁt from continuing operations.
6. Adjusted to remove the amortisation of acquired intangible assets.

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Risks and resources

These are the major risks and uncertainties facing us and what we are doing to identify,
manage and mitigate them.

We seek to continuously grow our proﬁts,
generating a high return for shareholders over
the long term. We view risk within the context
of this objective as well as in absolute terms.
In any business the inherent risks that are an
integral component of business activities must
be identiﬁed, managed and mitigated. Our key
means of risk control is the choice of the
markets in which we operate and the people
and methods we use to exploit those market
opportunities. We perceive our primary
operational risks to emanate from remoteness
of operation and the actions and quality of our
employees. Accordingly we invest heavily in
identifying, recruiting and training talented
people who are able to manage these risks
while delivering the excellent results we require.
Our choice to operate in the safety products
and health-related technology markets, and
the depth of market knowledge we have built
up within the Group, allows us to adequately
evaluate and assess the risks we encounter
throughout our operations.
We do not place undue reliance on any one
Group company nor does any one Group
company rely heavily on one customer or
transaction. In managing the portfolio of
companies within the Group and in managing
the transactions in any one company, we seek
to spread our risks. We have processes in place
to ensure any major transactions are reviewed
at the appropriate level, including at Board level
if necessary.
Another factor limiting risk is that our products
are predominantly critical components or
instruments which are warranted as ﬁt for
the purpose rather than systems or intangible
products where satisfactory performance is
contingent upon third parties.

ORGANIC GROWTH AND COMPETITION

The Group faces competition in the form of
pricing, service, reliability and substitution. Our
focus on improving our rate of innovation is a
direct result of assessing these risks and
determining how best to concentrate our efforts.
Maintaining the high quality of our products is
critical. In addition, all businesses maintain
management information systems that provide
local management with valuable product and
market data. By empowering and resourcing
local operations to respond to changing market
needs, we have shown that any adverse impact
of downward price pressure and competition
can be mitigated.

ACQUISITIONS

The identiﬁcation and purchase of businesses
which meet our demanding ﬁnancial and

growth criteria is an important part of our strategy
for developing the Group, as is ensuring the new
businesses are rapidly integrated into the Group.
We aim to pay sensible multiples for businesses
whose technology and markets we typically
know well. In the past year, we have increased
the resource allocated to these activities, focusing
on sectors where we see the greatest
opportunity. These new resources are targeted to
increase the pipeline of opportunities and ensure
post-acquisition integration is successfully
implemented.

R&D

New products are critical to our organic growth
and underpin our ability to earn high margins
and high returns over the long term. R&D is of
necessity a risky activity but by devolving control
of product development into the autonomous
operating businesses, we spread the risk and
ensure that the resource is as close to the
customer as possible, giving the maximum
chance of success. Protection of our intellectual
property is important to our continued success.
Whilst no single product or process is critical to
the Group as a whole, all appropriate actions are
taken to protect our intellectual property rights.

FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES AND INCREASING
SPAN OF CONTROL

We recognise that the size and remoteness of
some operations may not permit full segregation
of duties and that Internal and External Audit
procedures may not always identify a ﬁnancial
irregularity. This risk increases as we pursue our
strategy of geographic expansion often into
regions with different accounting bases and
cultures. Therefore the Group ensures that there
is adequate local management and ﬁnancial
resource in each operational location and
regularly reiterates to the subsidiary company
ofﬁcers their ﬁduciary responsibilities, ensuring
they are adequately trained in ﬁnancial matters
whilst maintaining a culture of openness to
promote disclosure. Group companies operate
a common set of reporting procedures and
accounting policies, disseminated via the
Group intranet.

PENSION DEFICIT

Monitoring the funding needs of the Group’s
pension plans is essential to funding our pension
obligations effectively. Our UK deﬁned beneﬁt
pension plans are closed to new members.
There is regular dialogue with pension fund
trustees and pension strategy is a regular Halma
Board agenda item. The Group’s strong cash
ﬂows and access to adequate borrowing facilities
mean that the pensions risk can be adequately

managed. The Group is currently increasing
contributions with the overall objective of
paying off the deﬁcit in line with the
Actuary’s recommendations.

TREASURY RISKS

The Group does not use complex derivative
ﬁnancial instruments and no speculative
treasury transactions are undertaken. Foreign
currency risk is the most signiﬁcant treasury
related risk for the Group. Signiﬁcant currency
denominated net assets and transactions are
hedged but future currency proﬁts are not
hedged. The Sterling value of overseas proﬁt
earned during the year is sensitive to the
strength of Sterling, particularly against the US
Dollar and the Euro. The Group is exposed to
a lesser extent to other treasury risks such as
interest rate risk and liquidity risk. These
ﬁnancial risks are discussed more fully in note
26 to the accounts.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Group operations are subject to wide-ranging
laws and regulations including employment,
environmental and health and safety
legislation. There is also exposure to litigation
and contractual risk. All Group companies have
an employee handbook detailing employment
practices, including the need to report any
major legal or contractual risks. The Group’s
emphasis on excellent ﬁnancial control, the
deployment of high quality management
resource and strong focus on quality control
over products and processes in each operating
business helps to protect us from adverse
litigation and contractual issues. Each operating
company has a health and safety manager
responsible for compliance and our
performance in this area is excellent.

INTANGIBLE RESOURCES ADDRESSING RISK

The main intangible resources which deliver
competitive advantage and which support our
strategic objectives are: the patents and trade
marks which protect our products; our
employees, whose understanding of our
technology, customers’ needs and the
dynamics of the markets we operate in, enable
us to maintain leadership in many markets;
and the enviable reputation enjoyed by our
brands for superior product quality and market
leading customer support. Our businesses
build competitive advantage and strengthen
barriers to entry in many ways including
patents, product approvals, technical
innovation, product quality, customer service
levels and branding. We look for these qualities
in the businesses we seek to acquire.

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470 million people live in
regions with severe water
shortages, predicted to
increase to 3 billion by 2025*

International Water Association

Alabama, USA

Over 3,000 Permalog
leak detectors monitor the
underground water pipe
network in the city of
Birmingham, Alabama,
USA to help conserve water
in this drought-stricken region.
Permalog is a state-of-the-art,
battery-powered acoustic
sensor and data recording
device which ﬁts on mains
water pipes via magnetic
force and periodically sends
a ‘no leak’ radio signal or
an alarm if a leak is detected.

“Our water distribution system consists
of almost 4,000 miles of transmission
lines. Leaks waste resources and raise
costs for the city. The Permalog sensors
do a great job at ﬁnding leaks and
have become an integral part of our
water system.”

Geoff Goodwin
Director of Water Recovery, Birmingham Water Works Board

City water supply

Halma’s making
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Sector review

Infrastructure Sensors

We make products which detect hazards
to protect people and property in public
and commercial buildings. Infrastructure
Sensors contributed 42% of Group revenue
(£167m) and 38% (£29m) of Group proﬁt*.
Our principal products are sensors for ﬁre,
security, automatic doors and elevator safety.
There are four sub-sectors – see right.

WHERE WE OPERATE

Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Czech Republic
France
Germany
India
Italy

Japan
New Zealand
Republic of Ireland
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
UK
United Arab Emirates
USA

STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

KPIs

Sector Performance

Group Target

GROWTH DRIVERS

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> Organic revenue and proﬁt growth
> Successful reorganisation of Elevator and Security businesses
> New sales ofﬁces in Asia, Europe and the USA
> New Elevator products factory in Czech Republic
> Created joint venture for Fire products in China
> Launched over 30 new products

> Increase organic proﬁt growth driven by revenue growth
> Beneﬁt from reorganisation in Elevator and Security businesses
> Increase regional sales and technical support ofﬁces
> Introduce more new products from R&D and bolt-on acquisitions
> Relentlessly improve manufacturing efﬁciency

Revenue growth1

Proﬁt growth1

Return on sales2

ROCE3

R&D4

8%
>5%

2%
>5%

17.0%
~18%

61%
>45%

5.1%
>4%

> Growth in population, ageing and urbanisation
> Increasing regulation and rising expectations of health and safety
> New technology

1. Sector revenue and adjusted5 sector proﬁt before ﬁnance expense are compared to the equivalent prior year ﬁgure.
2. Return on sales is deﬁned as adjusted5 proﬁt before ﬁnance expense and taxation expressed as a percentage of sector revenue.
3. Adjusted5 sector proﬁt before ﬁnance expense expressed as a percentage of sector operating net assets.
4. Sector research and development expenditure expressed as a percentage of sector revenue.
5. Adjusted to remove the amortisation of acquired intangible assets.

* See note 1 to the accounts

FIRE DETECTION

SECURITY
SENSORS

AUTOMATIC
DOOR
SENSORS

ELEVATOR
SAFETY

Market trends and growth drivers
Legislation remains the primary growth driver in the Fire market. There is a continuing global
trend towards increasingly rigorous ﬁre safety regulations. In the developing world, ﬁre product
standards are often based on North American and European norms, which favour our products.
Recent revisions to Chinese ﬁre detector standards are causing several smaller local suppliers
to exit the market.

Worldwide, demand for ﬁre detectors is steady with an annual estimated growth rate of just
under 5%, predicted to continue until at least 2011. Asia is the fastest growing sector with
average annual growth of 6.1%.1

In the past year we saw continuing ﬁre market consolidation with more independent
manufacturers acquired by multinationals. Customers are moving towards more sophisticated
ﬁre detection technologies such as addressable detectors, network systems and video-based
smoke detection. We work alongside our customers to ensure we are well placed to meet these
needs in the future.

Our Security Sensors sell into a global security market with a projected annual growth rate to 2012
of 7.8%2. We see opportunities to increase our market share through better product innovation and
customer service levels – particularly outside our traditional strongholds, the UK and South Africa.

We estimate the market for Automatic Door sensors is growing by 3% to 4% annually3. However,
within this there are geographic and speciﬁc application niches which are growing at a faster rate due
to rising safety standards – for example industrial door sensors and access for those with disabilities.

Elevators are typically refurbished and upgraded every 15 to 25 years to meet current safety
regulations. Worldwide, there is an installed base of 8 million elevators and each year around
400,000 new elevators are installed.4

We expect the global elevator market to continue to grow at 5% to 6% annually, but with
wide regional variation in the ratio of more proﬁtable modernisation work to new construction.
The US market is an even mix of new build and modernisation, concentrated in large cities,
where building ﬁre codes are the main sales drivers. The mature European market is mostly
modernisation work with demand strongly driven by the EN815 safety standards which continue
to be gradually adopted by individual countries. New construction dominates the Asian elevator
market, with the notable exception of Japan.
Sector strategy
In this sector our principal strategic goal is to be the leading supplier of safety-critical sensor
products and supporting technology for infrastructure monitoring in non-residential buildings.
We choose safety-critical products because these are ‘non-discretionary’ spend items for
non-residential buildings driven by regulatory requirements.

Our businesses are positioned as the expert supplier of safety-critical components, not as
complete system builders or installers. We aim not to compete with the global businesses that
install complete building monitoring systems and position ourselves as an independent supplier
to all of them. This demands that we continue to expand our commercial, technical and
manufacturing presence internationally.

For example, to increase Fire product sales we are strengthening local customer relationships and
improving market intelligence. To achieve this, we continue to set up new sales ofﬁces in Europe,
the USA and Asia. We also plan to increasingly decentralise product development to accelerate
new products designed to meet local standards. To defend our market positions, we regularly review
our intellectual property portfolio, ensuring global protection and policing our patented technologies.

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A continuing strategy is to build competitive advantage through manufacturing excellence.
The goal is to achieve advances in both quality and productivity so that our customers get market
leading service levels consistently – wherever they are located. In early 2008, we agreed a new
manufacturing joint venture for Fire sensors in China to help satisfy increasing demand in Asia.

In our Security business, we will continue to invest in new products, processes and people to
grasp our international expansion opportunities, particularly into North America and Asia.
Strategic partners are in place to assist our aim of being a strong global player, complementing
our market leadership in the UK and South Africa. We have obtained new international product
approvals, improved our manufacturing platform and rationalised our new product development
programmes. We are developing new intruder detection systems based on microwave and
infrared sensors and have developed novel wireless communications technology for easier
system installation and integration.

In addition to strengthening our position as the dominant world supplier of Automatic Door
sensors for pedestrian doors, we are introducing novel new products to increase our share
of the industrial door market. A major new product to be launched in 2008/09, featuring a
laser sensor, will reinforce our technology leadership and drive sales growth in this market.

During the past year we completed the implementation of the regional Elevator strategic
reorganisation started in late 2006. The creation of product focused manufacturing and R&D
resources with a regionally aligned sales organisation is aimed at increasing proﬁts through
stronger revenue growth. We believe we can shorten product lifecycles, maintain technological
leadership via R&D, cut production costs and extend sales channels thereby maintaining a
strong competitive advantage even against low cost competitors. An international ‘in-country’
sales presence is a key differentiator and we now operate 23 elevator sales ofﬁces worldwide.
Three new ofﬁces were opened in France, the USA and India during 2007/08 alone.
Sector performance
Fire sector revenue and proﬁts were at record levels as we continued to gain market share,
notably in Europe. Product margins improved due to product design and process innovations.

We achieved record sales of Security Sensors despite signiﬁcant internal reorganisation to
ensure success in our future global expansion plans. Underlying proﬁtability improved during
the second half of the year indicating that the beneﬁts of these strategic changes are starting
to emerge as planned.

Revenue and proﬁt at our Automatic Door sensor business also set new records. During
2007/08 we achieved strong progress in the USA and China and more modest progress
in Europe. Greater penetration of our products into specialist markets such as hospitals
and schools contributed to growth.

Performance of our Elevator businesses was ﬂat during the ﬁrst half of 2007/08 due to higher
investment and overhead costs and showed some improvement during the second half.

1 Conﬁdential market research
2 World Security Equipment, The Freedonia Group Inc.
3 Internal market research and conﬁdential industry sources
4 Freedonia “Industry Study 2016 – World Elevators” and elevator manufacturers’ websites
5 BS EN81-80:2003. Rules for the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts

Our markets in this sector are underpinned by robust regulatory drivers for non-residential
buildings generating demand from both modernisation of existing structures and new
construction. Therefore, they have proved to be resilient throughout the macro-economic
downturns of the past.

We expect stable trading conditions to continue in our major market, Europe (61% of sector
revenue including the UK), whilst our relative exposure to the US market (only 19% of sector
revenue) will mitigate the impact on the sector of any major downturn in that region.

New sales channels, investment in worldwide product approvals and new products will create
further opportunities in developing regions. The Infrastructure Sensors sector is well placed for
continued growth in 2008/09.

The proportion of urban
dwellers is predicted to rise
from 3.2 billion in 2005 to
4.9 billion by 2030, roughly
60% of the world’s population*

* World Urbanization Prospects, 2005. United Nations, Department of Economic

and Social Affairs, Population Division (2006)

Mumbai, India

Our safety systems protect
elevator passengers at the
Hiranandani Estate, a huge
complex within the Mumbai
conurbation in India. Halma
elevator door sensors
use up to 154 infrared beams
to ensure that passengers
entering or exiting lifts are
detected and doors held open.

“Infrared light curtains are a very
positive product for elevator doors,
and ensure the safety of passengers
as they enter or leave the elevators.”

Mr C K Pithawalla
Director, Hiranandani Constructions Pvt. Ltd

Public building

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Sector review (continued)

Health and Analysis

We make components and products used to
improve personal and public health. We also
develop technologies and products which are
used for analysis in safety, environmental and
leisure related markets, including water. Health
and Analysis contributed 34% (£135m) of Group
revenue and 37% (£28m) of Group proﬁt*. There
are four sub-sectors – see right.

WHERE WE OPERATE

Australia
China
France
Germany
Holland

South Korea
Switzerland
UK
USA

STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

KPIs

Sector Performance

Group Target

GROWTH DRIVERS

> Organic sales and proﬁt growth
> Acquisition of Riester extending Health Optics
> Successful integration of Labsphere
> New sales resources and distributors in export territories
> More than 40 new product launches
> Inter-company collaboration producing unique new products
> Disposal of non-core business, Post Glover Lifelink

> Achieve organic proﬁt growth through revenue growth
> Acquire businesses with familiar technology in similar markets
> Improve the quantity and quality of new product development
> Encourage more internal collaboration
> Accelerate investment in Asia

Revenue growth1

Proﬁt growth1

Return on sales2

ROCE3

R&D4

16%
>5%

16%

>5%

20.7%
~18%

68%
>45%

5.0%
>4%

> Demand for energy and water resources
> Growth in population, ageing and urbanisation
> Increasing demand for healthcare
> Increasing regulation and rising expectations of health and safety
> New technology

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* See note 1 to the accounts

WATER

PHOTONICS

HEALTH
OPTICS

FLUID
TECHNOLOGY

Market trends and growth drivers
Demand for Water management products is driven by increasing regulatory control and
water shortages due to ﬁnite resources, population growth and climate change. Estimates
suggest that the US water industry is growing at 4% to 6%1 per year and at even faster rates
elsewhere. However, in absolute terms, the major markets remain in the UK and Europe.

Third party patent protection, covering the use of UV to treat drinking water in the USA, ended
thereby reopening the US market. Our systems recently achieved NWRI2 validation for wastewater
reuse; USEPA3 drinking water validation will follow during 2008/09. System validations are
increasingly important, with US validation standards now required by many countries.

Our Photonics products sell into highly diverse niche markets. These include biomedical, life
sciences, analytical instrumentation, research, education, space, defence, homeland security,
semiconductor and industrial applications. At the leading edge of science and technology,
our businesses continually spin off new applications and new customers. For example, the
widespread change to low-energy lighting, driven by environmental concerns, is creating
strong demand for our light measurement products used for quality control, validation
and new product development.

We maintained global leadership in light integrating spheres (which capture light) and miniature
spectrometers (which analyse light). Whilst we are growing internationally, about two-thirds of
Photonics sales are in the USA. Growth depends on government science budgets (for education,
defence and homeland security) and corporate spending by our OEM customers. However,
demand for products used in health analysis is underpinned by regulatory drivers which make
these markets relatively resilient and non-cyclical. We anticipate continued growth even in
unfavourable economic conditions due to the ﬂexibility of our technology and the diversity of our
end markets.

Demand for our Health Optics products continues to grow in response to rising incomes and
access to healthcare in the developing world, and an ageing population and rising health
expectations in the developed countries. We estimate that the health optics market is growing 5%
annually in developed economies and 2% to 3% worldwide. Rising international and local product
registration requirements add cost to new healthcare product development but also represent an
increasingly high barrier to market entrants reinforcing the strong brand strength we have in our
chosen markets. The strength of the Euro boosted export growth for both our US and UK based
optics companies to record levels.

In Fluid Technology, demand remains strong, especially from the fast-growing medical and
environmental monitoring markets. We have seen further consolidation of customers and
expect this merger and acquisition trend to continue, and believe this offers us further
opportunity for growth.
Sector strategy
To remain the world market leader in Water leak reduction instrumentation, our strategy is to
offer water utilities worldwide the most comprehensive range of leakage monitoring equipment
available from one source supported by strong local sales and technical resources. This requires
continual investment in establishing resources in export markets and in new product development,
increasingly in close cooperation with our customers.

Our Water UV companies are organised to focus on either municipal or industrial applications.
This strategy allows the companies to develop specialist applications experience and deliver
enhanced customer service for the precise customer needs in their market segment.

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Health and Analysis

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In Photonics and Health Optics our primary strategy is to drive organic proﬁt growth by extending
our geographical presence in sales, product development and manufacturing. We will also
increase exploitation of our proprietary knowledge and patents. R&D spending will continue at
above average rates to maintain technology leadership. We will encourage greater inter-company
collaboration and seek complementary acquisitions.

Our Fluid Technology strategy is to extend our product portfolio and increase sales representation
in new markets via organic growth and acquisitions.
Sector performance
Sales of Water products set new records and delivered good organic proﬁt growth. Growth was
particularly high in the UK where new products penetrated new wastewater monitoring markets
and we also saw useful progress in Europe.

Our Photonics businesses achieved record revenue and proﬁt. The new Chinese photonics
facility has contributed to sales growth and is now starting to play a key role in procurement
and product development.

Our Health Optics companies also achieved record revenue aided by expansion of their
worldwide distribution network and record numbers of sales staff in overseas markets. There
was growth in all major geographic regions. The recent Riester acquisition will help to increase
our footprint outside the USA and UK with the expectation that Europe and the Rest of World
revenue will grow as the further contribution from Riester comes through in the coming year.

Riester manufacture ‘premium’ handheld instruments for general medical practitioners. These
include blood pressure monitors, ear nose and throat instruments, opthalmoscopes and
stethoscopes. Good collaboration is already underway between Riester and our existing Health
Optics businesses. They can sell Riester’s instruments to their ophthalmology market and also
supply ophthalmoscopes for Riester to sell into their general medical market. Geographically,
Riester’s strength in South America and other Spanish speaking territories (plus one or two markets
in Asia) complements our existing strength in the UK and USA. Riester gives us new distribution
into the general medical market which may beneﬁt other businesses in our Health and Analysis
sector in the longer term.

Record revenue and proﬁt were achieved by our Fluid Technology businesses. This stemmed
from continued higher investment in distribution and engineering resources focused on growing
market share. Growth came from a strong core business demand plus new customers.

1 American Water Works Association
2 NWRI – U.S. National Water Research Institute (awaiting validation documents)
3 USEPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

There are positive, resilient market drivers creating favourable conditions for growth in our
Health and Analysis sector. Across this sector increased manufacture, procurement and
product development in developing countries will protect margins and enable continued
revenue growth.

Increasing demand and regulation to raise Water supply efﬁciency and drinking water quality,
plus environmental pressures on wastewater usage, will create favourable conditions for our
Water businesses. Increased cooperation on international sales distribution and new product
development, between our Water businesses, should deliver continued growth during 2008/09.

In Photonics, we expect continued rapid growth in developing markets, particularly China. This
growth should more than offset any disruption to US government spending caused by the
presidential election in November.

The overall outlook for Health Optics is for continuing sales and proﬁt growth at market rates.
The ﬁrst full year of trading at our recent acquisition, Riester, will boost this sub-sector’s results
in 2008/09.

We expect demand to stay steady for our Fluid Technology products and look forward to
continuing proﬁt growth in the year ahead. New operations are to be established in China
and the Czech Republic to strengthen our presence in Asia and Europe.

Healthcare spending in
OECD countries is increasing
rapidly and is projected to
triple from US$2.7 trillion in
2002 to US$10 trillion by 2020*

* PricewaterhouseCoopers HealthCast 2020: Creating a sustainable future, 2006

Liverpool, UK

Halma’s head-mounted
ophthalmoscopes with
integral power supplies
allow doctors to examine
the interior of patients’
eyes quickly and
efﬁciently at Royal
Liverpool University
Hospital, UK. Our latest
ophthalmoscopes have
brighter, whiter LED light
sources that illuminate
the retina to reveal
greater detail and
image clarity.

“We have used Halma ophthalmoscopes
for many years. We see over one
hundred patients each morning
so they receive heavy use. The new,
rechargeable, wireless indirect is
a great boon and has proved to
be very reliable.”

Mr David Wong FRCS FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmologist
St Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Eye clinic

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Sector review (continued)

Industrial Safety

We make products which protect property
and people at work. Industrial Safety
contributed 24% of Group revenue (£94m)
and 25% of Group proﬁt* (£19m). There are
four sub-sectors – see right.

WHERE WE OPERATE

Australia
China
Germany
France
Holland
India

Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Tunisia
UK
USA

STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

KPIs

Sector Performance

Group Target

GROWTH DRIVERS

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> Good organic revenue and proﬁt growth
> Increased exposure to energy markets drove revenue growth
> Established manufacturing in China for Gas Detection products
> Acquired SRD to strengthen Asset Monitoring sub-sector

> Increase organic proﬁt growth driven by revenue growth
> Accelerate new product development, particularly for energy markets
> Improve manufacturing operations
> Continue expansion into Asia and Eastern Europe
> Seek acquisitions to add new products and distribution channels

Revenue growth1

Proﬁt growth1

Return on sales2

ROCE3

R&D4

17%
>5%

21%

>5%

20.6%
~18%

77%
>45%

3.6%
>4%

> Demand for energy and water resources
> Increasing regulation and rising expectations of health and safety
> New technology

* See note 1 to the accounts

GAS
DETECTION

BURSTING
DISCS

SAFETY
INTERLOCKS

ASSET
MONITORING

Market trends and growth drivers
Research published in 2007 suggests that the global market for Gas Detection products was
£350m in 2005, estimated to reach £486m in 20121. Demand for gas detection products in
the developed world remains robust, supported by a relatively high proportion of aftermarket
sales. The adoption of enhanced safety standards in the developing economies will drive
additional demand.

Internal data suggests Bursting Disc market growth of about 4% annually with higher rates in
the developing world2.

Market conditions for our Safety Interlock businesses were broadly favourable during 2007/08
with particular buoyancy in the global oil and gas market and in the supply chain supporting
the expansion of utilities in China and India. Customers are placing orders earlier in the project
cycle to ‘lock in’ supplies and ensure on-time delivery. Industrial safety is not yet fully embedded
in Asian legislation but is often driven by engineering best-practice adopted from developed
countries. Europe leads the world in worker protection. Signs that the USA is moving towards
European industrial safety practice are favourable to us.

We estimate that the global market niches for Asset Monitoring that our businesses serve is
£150m; we expect to see an average annual growth rate of 8% to 10%2. Rising global demand
for closer monitoring of energy usage and for capturing data relating to high value or sensitive
infrastructure assets, offers excellent growth prospects. This sub-sector was strengthened by
the acquisition of Sonar Research & Development (SRD) in October 2007. SRD has been fully
integrated within our existing Tritech subsea technology business.
Sector strategy
To grow our Gas Detection business against strong global competition we have a dual strategy
of a regular stream of new products and relentless cost reduction of existing ones. From our
new base in China we will design and manufacture for the local market and source
components for our UK manufacturing base. We have set up a design resource in India to
accelerate new product development.

Our strategy for Bursting Disc growth is to capture signiﬁcant market share in both developed
markets and the high growth BRIC3 economies. We have set up new distribution agreements
in Russia and South America, and are exploring expansion opportunities in China and India.
Market share gains can also be achieved through superior customer service and we have
an active capital investment programme to improve our manufacturing capabilities.

For Safety Interlocks, we aim to protect our strong market position and drive sales growth by
increased investment on new product development and establishing a sales and operational
presence in developing markets. Leading edge technological innovation is less critical in the
safety interlocking market than the ability to adapt existing technology to solve new problems.
Customers will pay premium prices in return for responsive sales and engineering support
and reliable deliveries.

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Industrial Safety

Our Asset Monitoring business is positioned to satisfy growing worldwide demand for remote
monitoring of valuable or safety-critical assets – particularly those in hazardous or remote
locations. Our companies work closely with customers to develop solutions based on customer
need rather than technological advancement. We will continue to integrate wireless data capture
and communications technology, originally developed for water network management, into other
Halma sub-sectors. For example, a unique wireless-monitored bursting disc was recently
launched. This strategy of inter-company collaboration and technology exchange has the
potential to add value to existing and future products across the Group.
Sector performance
Gas Detection revenue and proﬁt grew above market rates. Revenue grew most strongly in
export markets, notably in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Our concentration on global expansion of our Bursting Disc sales channels resulted in record
revenue and proﬁt with growth rates above the market level.

We achieved record revenue and proﬁt from our Safety Interlock businesses with particularly
strong growth in Germany and Asia and in those businesses serving the oil and gas markets.

Our Asset Monitoring businesses performed well in 2007/08 beneﬁting from a particularly
good performance from our subsea business, Tritech, acquired in late 2006. SRD, acquired in
October 2007, was successfully integrated into the Tritech group of companies.

Frost & Sullivan, World Gas Sensors, Detectors, Analyzers
Internal market analysis including conﬁdential market sources

1.
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3. BRIC economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China

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The major demand drivers in our Industrial Safety markets are relatively resilient. There is a
worldwide progression towards better protection for industrial workers and increasing safety
regulation in all types of workplace. Businesses have to comply with safety legislation even
during an economic downturn.

Underpinned by relatively non-cyclical demand drivers, our Industrial Safety businesses have
the qualities to maintain growth and outperform the market. Our strategy of new product
investment, additional sales ofﬁces, and signiﬁcant investment in manufacturing improvements
should ensure that we continue to achieve healthy organic growth in 2008/09.

Each year there are
270 million work accidents
and almost 2.2 million
work-related fatalities
worldwide, costing US$1,250
billion in lost production*

International Labour Organization, Safety in Numbers, 2003

Shanghai, China

Halma interlock safety systems at
the Alcoa (Shanghai) Aluminium
Products Co Ltd factory in China
ensure that workers can only
access potentially hazardous
aluminium foil production
machinery under safe conditions.
Our trapped key interlocks ensure
safety in industrial environments by
forcing machine operators through
a sequence of safe actions.

“Halma safety interlocks were
recommended by Alcoa engineers in
Australia. They are easy to use and
protect our employees from hazards.
I would certainly recommend them
to other companies.”

Li Hongbing
Secure Engineer, Alcoa (Shanghai) Aluminium Products Co Ltd

Aluminium plant

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Financial review

Another strong performance
with growth in all three sectors
and all territories

Another strong performance
Proﬁt from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangible assets increased
by 11% to £72.8m on revenue from continuing operations up 13% to £395.1m. This is the ﬁfth
consecutive year we are announcing record results.

Organic proﬁt growth* of 6.7% was achieved on organic revenue growth* of 8.0%, exceeding
our target of 5% year on year improvement. Organic growth* is calculated before adding in the
beneﬁt of acquisitions. Currency translation had a more modest impact than previously expected.
At constant currency, revenue and proﬁt growth would have been approximately 1% higher.

There was one small disposal in the year so the prior year ﬁgures have been adjusted to give
comparability. The trading result of that business, Post Glover Lifelink, and the gain on disposal
are disclosed under discontinued operations.

Overall another strong performance continuing the pattern of delivering growth across all sectors
and territories.

All three sectors grew
Infrastructure Sensors, still our largest sector, grew revenue by 8% and proﬁt by 2%. Our Health
and Analysis sector had another very good year with revenue growth of 16% and proﬁt growth
of 16% becoming a higher proportion of Group revenue and proﬁt and closing the gap on
Infrastructure Sensors. Industrial Safety had another outstanding year of growth with revenue 17%
higher producing proﬁts 21% ahead. All three sectors achieved both organic revenue and organic
proﬁt growth.

Revenue growth in all territories
There was once again widespread growth in revenue. The revenue from continuing operations
by destination was as follows:

£ million
United Kingdom
Mainland Europe
United States of America
Asia Paciﬁc and Australasia
Other countries

Revenue
109.3
107.9
103.0
42.9
32.0
395.1

% growth
13.1%
18.1%
7.1%
20.8%
1.6%
12.5%

Strong UK growth came from our Infrastructure Sensors businesses and from Tritech (in the
Industrial Safety sector) acquired part way through the prior ﬁnancial year. Good performances in
most sub-sectors drove the increase in Mainland Europe especially by our businesses selling into
the oil and gas industries. There was a useful addition coming from the Riester acquisition in
Europe with considerable future beneﬁt likely to come from its presence in Spanish speaking
territories across the world.

Our Photonics businesses performed very well in the USA. Our good revenue growth in the USA
would have been even greater if not for a US Dollar that was on average 6% weaker than the prior
year relative to Sterling. Sales to Asia Paciﬁc and Australasia grew well supported by a 19% growth
in sales to China and 36% growth in sales to India. The China and India growth is from a small
base with more infrastructure being put in place by Halma to accelerate future growth by our
subsidiary companies.

Kevin Thompson
Finance Director

ADJUSTED* PROFIT BEFORE TAX

£80m

£60m

£40m

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ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE* (pence)

DIVIDEND PER SHARE (pence)
(paid and proposed)

Continued high margins
Return on sales* for continuing operations was again at a high level of 18.4% (2007: 18.7%).
This metric reﬂects the considerable value we consistently deliver to our customers through
our products. We continue to invest in our businesses to give them the capacity they need to
take future opportunities. Our KPI target in this area is a Return on sales of around 18% or
higher and we aim always to couple that with growth as we have done again this year.

The cost of reorganisation in our Security Sensors business slightly reduced the Infrastructure
Sensors margin this year as anticipated from 18.1% to 17.0%. Looking back at the performance of
the Infrastructure Sensors sector in the years 2000 to 2004 and even in the early to mid-1990s we
see its resilience. Taking the results of the companies we owned both now and then we see that
during those periods sector revenue and proﬁt grew and the Return on sales remained above
18%. This is a sector which has demonstrated that it is able to make progress in tougher economic
conditions.

One business sold in the year
In January 2008 we sold Post Glover Lifelink, a US business which was no longer core to the
Health and Analysis sector, for US$6m (£3m). It had annualised revenue of £3.4m and proﬁt
of £0.6m. The gain on sale of £1.7m together with the post-tax trading result is shown on the
Consolidated income statement as a discontinued operation.

A lower effective tax rate
The effective tax rate on proﬁt from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangible
assets was 29.0% (2007: 29.7%). This reﬂects the mix of geographic locations in which tax is paid.
We expect the effective tax rate to reduce a little in the foreseeable future with the beneﬁt of the
reduction in the UK rate of corporation tax. Tax paid in the year was below the ﬁgure in the prior
year due to the tax deductibility of higher payments into the Group’s pension plans, and also due
to the timing of tax payments in advance which are expected to even out in the coming year.

Increased ﬁnance cost
The net ﬁnance expense in the Consolidated income statement increased from £1.8m to £2.1m.
This resulted from a lower net pension ﬁnance charge with a higher cost of ﬁnancing debt. We
increased our level of debt at the end of the third quarter of the year with the acquisition of Riester
and expect that the debt ﬁnancing cost will therefore be higher in 2008/09.

Earnings per share and dividends grow
Adjusted earnings per share* were up 12% to 13.86p. Statutory earnings per share were 10%
higher at 12.97p, a lower rate of increase due to the additional amortisation of intangible assets
associated with the Riester acquisition.

The Board has recommended a further 5.1% increase in the ﬁnal dividend which together with a
similar increase in the interim dividend gives a total dividend of 7.55p per share, subject to shareholder
approval. This is in line with our progressive dividend policy and is the 29th consecutive year of
dividend increases of 5% or more. Given the strong earnings growth the dividend cover (calculated
on earnings from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangible assets) increased
to 1.83 times, moving further towards our target of 2 times cover.

ROCE* of 55.8% and ROTIC* of 14.1%
Strong growth was accompanied by our typical high returns. High returns are an important part
of the Halma model with the objective of consistently creating value whilst growing our business.
ROCE was 55.8% (2007: 60.1%) and is our measure of the effective use of operating assets. ROTIC
is a post-tax return on the total asset base including all historic goodwill relating to ongoing and
disposed businesses. This year ROTIC was 14.1% (2007: 14.0%) and this compares very favourably
with a Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for us calculated as currently being 8.4% (2007:
7.7%). See note 3 to the accounts for the deﬁnition of Return on capital employed (ROCE) and
Return on total invested capital (ROTIC).

Capital structure
We ﬁnished the year with net debt of £44.3m (2007: £7.7m) in line with our strategy to use our
balance sheet to accelerate business development. The major increase came in the second half
following the Riester acquisition. The Group continues to be able to borrow at competitive rates
and therefore sees a modest level of borrowing as an effective way of funding the development
of the Group. During the year we expanded our ﬁve-year syndicated revolving credit facility from
£60m to £165m with a core group of banks and on similar attractive terms.

The Group’s good cash generation is used to invest in expanding the business organically and
through high quality acquisitions using third party borrowings where needed. There are no
material funds outside the UK where repatriation is restricted. Our treasury policies seek to
ensure sufﬁcient liquidity whilst minimising risk. No speculative transactions are undertaken.

Our strong balance sheet and the new credit facilities give us valuable headroom to take
opportunities as they are created and to ﬁnance the continued growth of the Group.

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Continued good cash ﬂow generation
Cash generated from operations (excluding taxation paid) was £76.0m (2007: £70.3m). The main
elements of the Group’s cash ﬂow are set out below:

Change in net (debt)/cash
£million
Cash generated from operations
Acquisition of businesses
Disposal of businesses
Development costs capitalised
Net capital expenditure
Dividends paid
Taxation paid
Issue of shares net of treasury shares purchased
Net interest paid
Exchange adjustments

Net (debt)/cash brought forward
Net debt carried forward

2008

76.0
(46.5)
2.4
(3.8)
(14.9)
(27.3)
(17.6)
0.2
(1.8)
(3.3)
(36.6)
(7.7)
(44.3)

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70.3
(27.5)
–
(3.9)
(7.3)
(25.9)
(19.5)
3.6
(0.8)
(0.2)
(11.2)
3.5
(7.7)

Cash generated from operations was 104% (2007: 106%) of adjusted proﬁt*. The investment in
working capital increased in the year in line with the growth of revenue. There is no signiﬁcant
change in the risk proﬁle of the Group. Working capital receives regular attention at local and
Group level and this remains an important focus as there are increasing demands placed on
our generated cash to fund the investment needed for organic growth, acquisitions, our dividend
and pension obligations.

Further valuable acquisitions
Expenditure on acquisitions in the year was £46.5m (2007: £27.5m). The largest acquisition
this year was that of Riester and its associated group companies in December 2007. We paid
a consideration of €55m (including a small adjustment relating to the actual net asset value at
acquisition). There is no earn out. Riester, which manufactures handheld medical and ophthalmic
devices, ﬁts into our Health and Analysis sector. At the time of acquisition Riester was generating
proﬁt of £4.6m on revenue of £17m. We undertook a very active integration process immediately
on acquisition to bring the business in line with Group reporting standards and also to quickly
deliver the beneﬁts of collaboration with our related Group companies. The acquisition is
immediately earnings enhancing.

At the start of the year we signed an agreement to pay £0.3m for the business of BKKI, a gas
detector manufacturer in China. This forms the platform for expansion of our Gas Detection
business in Asia.

In October 2007 we acquired Sonar Research & Development Limited (SRD) for £2.6m. This has
been merged into our subsea asset monitoring business Tritech, part of the Industrial Safety sector.

During the year we increased our resources and capacity for acquisition search, due diligence
and integration and together with our expanded credit facilities we hope to make further progress
on acquisitions in the coming years.

Increased capital expenditure
Expenditure on property, plant and computer software was £15.7m in the year, above the ﬁgure
of £10.9m last year. Much of the increase was due to investment in property for two Group
companies as noted last year – both building projects have been completed successfully.
Capital expenditure represents 172% of depreciation, historically a high ﬁgure. We expect
capital expenditure excluding property to continue at a relatively high level for the coming year
at least as we make further investments, in particular in our Photonics businesses, to increase
capacity in line with growing demand.

Pension contributions increased
At year end the pension deﬁcit on an IAS 19 basis for our deﬁned beneﬁt plans was £36.0m
before the related deferred tax asset, a little lower than the previous year end ﬁgure of £37.3m.
The movement is due to a combination of factors, the main ones being the increased pension
contributions, the use of conservative assumptions in line with common practice, a reduction in
the value of equity investments and an increase in the discount rate resulting in a reduction in the
value of liabilities.

As indicated last year we increased further the extra contributions into the deﬁned beneﬁt plans,
which were closed to new entrants in 2003, up to £6m per year. We anticipate making extra
contributions of this level at least for the foreseeable future as we work toward our objective of
eliminating the deﬁcit as measured on an IAS 19 basis, over a 10-year period. These extra
contributions are not an insigniﬁcant use of our cash but are not expected to impair our
opportunities for further growth.

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The Board reviews pension strategy in full at each pension fund valuation date and monitors
for signiﬁcant changes in between. The next valuation of the main pension plan will be based
on ﬁgures as at 1 December 2008 and as part of that process mortality assumptions will be
reviewed as will the level of contributions needed to meet our obligations.

Currency headwind reduced
Currency translation turned out to have less of an adverse impact on Group results than anticipated
mid-way through the year. Approximately 30% of Group revenue is denominated in US Dollars with
the Euro accounting for around 15% on an annualised basis. Foreign currency proﬁts are not hedged
but sales and purchase transactions are hedged into the functional currency of each operating
company. Balance sheet net currency assets are substantially hedged using currency loans.

We translate revenue and proﬁt at the average exchange rates for the year and translate the year
end balance sheet at the year end exchange rates. For our main currencies these rates relative to
Sterling were as follows:

Exchange rates

Average rate
Year end rate

US Dollar

Euro

2008
2.01
1.99

2007
1.89
1.96

2008
1.42
1.26

2007
1.48
1.47

As a guide, 1% movement in the Euro relative to Sterling is expected to change proﬁt by £0.2m and
revenue by £0.7m in a full year. In the ﬁrst half of the year there was a 3% adverse currency impact
due mainly to the weak US Dollar relative to Sterling. The trend reversed somewhat in the second
half so that for the year as a whole revenue and proﬁt were both reduced by approximately 1%
due to currency translation. If current exchange rates continue we would expect a beneﬁt to the
coming year’s results in terms of translation.

R&D investment grows
Innovation is one of our core values and one aspect of this is the commitment we make to
Research and Development (R&D) for new products. Group expenditure this year increased to
£18.6m, 4.7% (2007: 4.3%) of revenue and was 22% higher than last year’s record amount.
Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of revenue is one of the KPIs we monitor and report on and,
as can be seen in the Sector reviews on pages 16 to 27, both Infrastructure Sensors and Health and
Analysis are well clear of our benchmark level of 4% of revenue, with Industrial Safety increasing
this year to 3.6% having historically been below 3%.

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) require us to capitalise certain development
expenditure and amortise this asset over an appropriate period. In 2008 we capitalised £3.8m
(2007: £3.9m) of such development expenditure and amortised £2.0m (2007: £1.5m) giving rise to
an asset carried on the March 2008 Consolidated balance sheet of £8.2m (2007: £6.1m). R&D is by
its nature an activity with some risk, so we monitor closely all costs carried forward.
The increased investment in R&D expenditure and the resultant new products are a key part of
the growth and resilience of Halma.

Spreading risks, developing our people
The main risks facing Halma are discussed above in the Strategic and Sector reviews. Risk is
spread across our closely managed businesses, each one having its own high quality team
including a senior ﬁnance executive. There is a signiﬁcant level of review of the operations at
each business; locally, via our Divisional Chief Executives who chair the local boards, by Divisional
Finance Directors, and by our Internal Auditors. During the year we have added to our divisional
ﬁnance resources, strengthened ﬁnance staff at a number of operating companies and added
resource dedicated to acquisition integration. In 2008/09 we will be adding further to our Internal
Audit team. For the ﬁrst time we are reporting our progress on the Halma Executive Development
Programme (HEDP) as a KPI and note that of the HEDP graduates some 17 have been amongst our
senior ﬁnance executives. This careful addition and development of speciﬁc resource, focusing on
risk and opportunity, gives us the capacity to grow our business actively whilst retaining the
autonomy and accountability central to our business model.

Investing in the environment
During the year we have invested additional resources across the Group in reducing our impact
on the environment. As discussed on pages 32 to 35 we set ourselves an initial target of reducing
by 10% the tonnes of CO2 we produce per £m of revenue over the three years to 2010 and progress
so far is good. We see the reduction of our impact on the environment as part of relentless
business improvement, consistent with our objective of delivering sustainable value to our
customers and shareholders.

Kevin Thompson
Finance Director

See Financial highlights

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Sustainability review

Achievements

KPIs

We deliver sustainable value to our
customers and shareholders.

Non-ﬁnancial Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) are used by the Board to monitor
progress on Group initiatives; ﬁnancial
KPIs are considered on page 13.

1. Halma’s carbon policy was approved by the
Board at the beginning of the year and calls
for a 10% reduction in the carbon footprint
by 2010.

2. Halma conducts an annual survey of its

employees to assess how well the Group’s
values are aligned with its employees and
how well the Group communicates its values
to employees.

3. The Halma Executive Development

Programme (HEDP) has been supplemented
with a Halma Management Development
Programme (HMDP) aimed at middle-
managers and the necessary skills they need
in their current and future roles.

CO2 EMISSIONS: TONNES/£M OF REVENUE
>10%

2007

reduction
Group target

VALUES ALIGNMENT

2007

Group target

Good progress towards
reduced carbon
emissions (relative
to revenue) made in
the policy’s ﬁrst year.

Survey of senior
managers showed an
improvement to seven
desired values now
present in the Group.

SUBSIDIARY DIRECTORS/MANAGERS WHO HAD COMPLETED
HEDP/HMDP BY MARCH 2008

50%

26% >50%

2007

Group target

Continued
commitment to
training our people.

GOVERNANCE AND COMMITMENT TO
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
As Halma companies are involved in the manufacture of a wide range
of products for the protection and improvement to quality of life for
people worldwide, safety is critical to the Group and is a major priority
for management. Likewise, the reduction of the Group’s carbon
footprint has received elevated attention in the current year in order to
meet the Board’s stated objective of a 10% reduction in relative carbon
usage in the three years to March 2010.

Our core values are Achievement, Innovation, Empowerment and
Customer Satisfaction. These core values have been selected following
extensive surveying of employees across the Group. Our culture is
one of openness, integrity and accountability. We encourage our
employees to act fairly in their dealings with fellow employees,
customers, suppliers and business partners. We recognise that our
employees determine our success and therefore have invested in
and encouraged their development more this year than ever
before, not only with our intranet training facilities and Halma Executive
Development Programme, but also through clearer leadership and
decisive action. By ensuring that our team has the approach and
skills required to succeed we are better placed to meet the challenges
of the future.

We recognise the necessity of safeguarding the health and safety of our
own employees whilst at work and operate so as to provide a safe and
comfortable working environment for employees, visitors and the public.
Our policy is to manage our activities to avoid causing any unnecessary
or unacceptable risks to health and safety and the environment. We have
an excellent long-term record for addressing environmental issues that
affect our businesses and for developing products that protect the
environment and improve safety at work and in public places.

Many of our innovative products play a very positive role in monitoring
and improving the environment. Our brands lead the world in a number
of technologies which help to minimise environmental damage.

We support the concept of sustainability and recognise that, in
common with all businesses, our activities have an environmental
impact. Our strategy is not to have capital-intensive manufacturing
processes, so the environmental impact of our operations is relatively
low compared to manufacturers in other sectors. We also recognise
that we can improve our own environmental performance and
so resources are now being deployed to actively reduce our
own carbon footprint.

Halma was designated a member of the FTSE4Good UK index on its
establishment in July 2001.

A summary of our progress and performance for all areas of
corporate responsibility follows. Halma has developed meaningful
key performance indicators (KPIs) that reﬂect the importance the
Group places on corporate responsibility and enable the Board
to monitor the Group’s progress in meeting its objectives and
responsibilities in these areas.

The biggest area of emphasis over the past two years has been the
transformation of the Group’s environmental policy into a carbon policy
stating actual targeted reductions for the Group to achieve
over a set timescale. Halma has an excellent health and safety
record and a culture of safety is deeply embedded within the Group.
We want to recognise the effort behind this exemplary record and
will promote our safety culture more visibly over the coming year.

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HALMA AND THE ENVIRONMENT
We have an excellent long-term record and a clear strategy for addressing environmental issues
that affect our businesses and for developing products that protect the environment and improve
safety at work and in public places.

Our products
Many of our innovative products play a very positive role in monitoring and improving the
environment. Halma brands lead the world in a number of technologies which help to minimise
environmental damage.

Our principal environmental technologies are water leakage detection, gas emissions monitoring,
water and efﬂuent analysis, UV water treatment and optical sensing. We tirelessly promote the
use of UV water sterilisation which eliminates the need to use dangerous chemicals, as well as
products that minimise the waste of clean water.

Our commitment to the development of equipment for measuring environmental changes and
controlling the damaging impact of industrial activities is long-term.

We make safety equipment for use at work, in public places and in transportation systems that
contribute to increased personal safety by ensuring safe practice at work, protecting people from
ﬁre and making elevators and automatic doors safe and effective. We are the major world
supplier in several of these areas.

Carbon policy
The Group’s policy on carbon is published on our website and has been distributed and explained
to all Halma business units.

A senior executive in each of our higher-impact business units is responsible for implementing the
carbon policy at local level. The Finance Director, Kevin Thompson, has principal responsibility for
coordinating and monitoring the policy.

Environmental management system
We are committed to developing and implementing an environmental management system
(EMS) throughout the Group to measure, control and, where practical, reduce our environmental
impacts. We have developed performance indicators that assist local management in
implementing the policy and ultimately developing an EMS. The requirement for an EMS and
the related reporting has been rolled out to all UK business units, which represent over 50% of
Group production facilities in terms of external turnover. All Group companies are encouraged to
undertake ISO 14001, the international environmental accreditation, where warranted, and since
last year Elfab Limited has obtained ISO 14001 approval. The requirement to implement an EMS will
be extended to the rest of the Group in the medium term. In terms of revenue, currently 20% of the
Group has ISO 14001 approval.

Our impact
The environmental effect of our operations is relatively low compared to manufacturers in
other sectors. FTSE4Good has assessed Halma as having a low impact on the environment.

Nevertheless, Group companies are encouraged to improve energy efﬁciency, reduce waste
and emissions and reduce the use of materials in order to reduce their environmental impact.
The Group established baseline data in 2004/05 on emissions to air and water, water and energy
consumption, and waste production, the results of which are updated on the Halma website each
year. The data collected for the past three years has enabled the Group to set comprehensive and
quantiﬁable objectives for reducing its environmental impacts in those areas and to set targets for
reduction in key areas.

The collected data conﬁrms that the main areas of impact on the environment are energy
consumption and solid waste disposal. The Group does not operate a ﬂeet of distribution vehicles
although we do own a number of company cars. From May 2007, we implemented a cap on
permissible CO2 emissions of all UK company vehicles and will extend this requirement to the
rest of the world in due course. This limit has been reduced in 2008 and will continue to be
reduced annually so as to consistently reduce our vehicles’ environmental impact. We have
also set a fuel consumption standard for company vehicles in the USA.

Having identiﬁed the main areas of impact, we are now committed to their reduction and
minimisation. Using the baseline data the total Group carbon emissions for 2006/07 were calculated
as being approximately 15,000 tonnes, an average of approximately 42 tonnes per £million of
revenues. We plan to reduce the Group’s total carbon emissions relative to revenues by 10% by
2010, and have made reasonable progress in 2007/08 with total Group carbon emissions of
averaging 40 tonnes per £million of revenues.

We worked with an international environment and energy consultancy to facilitate this reduction by
providing each subsidiary with the means to identify tailored initiatives for energy efﬁciency. This is
complemented by internal programmes, including the use of our own wireless communications
technology to monitor energy usage and use of the Group intranet to allow for inter-company
communication, reporting of data and feedback. This initiative has, and will continue to, lead
to cost savings for the Group as well as preparing us for compliance with anticipated climate
change legislation.

Our carbon policy can be found on the Halma website. The Group’s environmental performance
will continue to be reported both in the Annual report and on our website.

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Sustainability review (continued)

The Group participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project for both the current and prior years and
is committed to examining the establishment of ‘green’ procurement policies and increasing our
use of recycled materials.
HALMA AND ITS PEOPLE
The Group has a policy of equal opportunities and preventing harassment, which applies in
relation to recruitment of all new employees and to the management of existing personnel. This
gives us access to the widest labour market and enables us to secure the best employees for our
needs. We offer all of our staff training relevant to their roles and we believe that this contributes
to an increase in employee motivation and job satisfaction. The culture alignment survey results
mentioned below support this trend.

Periodically we complete a survey of employees to determine whether our core values are
authentic in our organisation.

The survey establishes the values individual employees wish to see in our operating culture
and to what extent they exist in our existing culture.

In 2006, our survey of senior managers showed that ﬁve of the values they wanted to see in
our business were actually present. In 2008, our survey of senior managers showed that seven
desired values were present in our business. This indicates a healthy level of alignment between
the culture we aspire to have and the culture we have today.

No survey is capable of capturing all the appropriate sentiments, but our executives, who regularly
visit all Group companies, agree that deﬁnite healthy improvements in the Group culture have
occurred over recent years.

The Group will continue to monitor the survey results to enable us to better support our people
bringing these values and strengths to work so that they and we may derive further beneﬁt from them.

Disabled employees
Applications for employment by disabled persons are always fully considered, bearing in mind the
aptitudes of the applicant concerned. In the event of members of staff becoming disabled, every
effort is made to ensure that their employment with the Group continues and that appropriate
training is arranged. It is the policy of the Group that the training, career development and
promotion of disabled persons should, as far as possible, be identical to that of other employees.

Employee consultation
The Group places considerable value on the involvement of its employees and has continued to
keep them informed on matters affecting them as employees and on the various factors affecting
the performance of the Group. This is achieved through formal and informal meetings, the Group
intranet and the annual ﬁnancial statements. Employee representatives are consulted routinely on
a wide range of matters affecting their current and future interests. An employee share plan has
been running successfully since 1980. It is open to all UK employees and aligns the interests
of all UK employees to those of shareholders.

Health and safety
The Group manages its activities to avoid causing any unnecessary or unacceptable risks to
health and safety. The policy is understood by all Group companies, and given the autonomous
structure of the Group, operational responsibility for compliance with relevant local health and
safety regulations is delegated to the board of directors of each Group company. We believe
health and safety training is important and it is carried out within companies as appropriate.
Adequate internal reporting exists in order that the Group’s Finance Director may monitor each
company’s compliance with this policy.

Major injuries recorded

Days lost due to work-related injuries
Total recorded injuries to all employees

2008

691
388

2007

652
716

The Group has collected details of its worldwide reported health and safety incidents which
are available on our website at www.halma.com. We are pleased to report that there were
no fatalities during 2007/08 or 2006/07, and we achieved a considerable decrease in both
serious and minor injuries in comparison with low levels in 2006/07.

People development
2007/08 saw the continuing success for the Halma Executive Development Programme (HEDP)
which is based on our recognition of the fundamental part our people play in the success of
the Group. HEDP is an integrated development plan for our senior people – including the next
generation of Managing Directors and Divisional Chief Executives. Our objective is to provide these
individuals with the tools and training to achieve more in their existing role and potentially to
advance through the organisation if their achievements merit it.

Training

Cumulative number of candidates that have completed HEDP
Cumulative number of candidates that have completed HMDP

2008

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104

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HEDP is aimed squarely at employees already serving on subsidiary boards but we also
encourage applications from senior managers who can demonstrate they already have
equivalent responsibilities and will beneﬁt from the programme. There are approximately 200
such eligible employees in total.

The programme has been developed from a proven course structure and is speciﬁcally and
continuously tailored to suit Halma’s needs, aligning the content to the Group’s four core values of
Achievement, Innovation, Empowerment and Customer Satisfaction. It focuses strongly on strategic
and leadership capabilities and developing personal attributes – commitment, determination and
resilience. There is an emphasis on performance management and team development. It includes
skill-based elements such as sales and marketing management, project leadership, corporate
governance, ﬁnance and innovation, but all are presented in a strategic context.

The ﬁrst six programmes have now been completed and the success of the programme can
be measured by the enthusiasm of the participants upon their return to their businesses, the
achievements of a number of participants and their eagerness to coordinate further sessions
to explore topics of particular interest to their programme Group.

With the HEDP now a well-established part of Halma’s people development activity, we have
established a new programme for subsidiary managers and supervisors – the Halma
Management Development Programme (HMDP). During the year ﬁve programmes were
completed for a total of 104 employees. Programmes were held in the USA, Europe and Asia.
RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT
Investing in Halma shares meets the criteria of many professional and private investors who base
their decisions on environmental, ethical and social considerations. The Group is a world leader
in several key environmental technologies and has a reputation for honesty and integrity in its
relationships with employees, customers, business partners and shareholders.

Social conditions can be improved for all through the creation of wealth. Halma creates wealth
responsibly allowing our employees, customers, business partners and shareholders to
determine where this wealth is best distributed.

Halma’s policies reﬂect the core requirements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. We do not tolerate practices
which contravene these international standards.

Regulatory demands upon us vary considerably around the world, so Halma establishes the
core structure to ensure that Group companies fully comply with regulatory requirements while
permitting them to tailor the solutions to their particular needs.

Ethics
The Group culture is one of openness, integrity and accountability. Halma encourages its employees
to act fairly in their dealings with fellow employees, customers, suppliers and business partners.
We aim to have suppliers of high quality and operate to acceptable international standards.
Halma operates a conﬁdential whistleblowing policy, which enables all Group employees
to raise any concerns they may have.

Halma has a zero-tolerance policy on bribery and corruption which extends to all business
dealings and transactions in which we are directly involved. This includes a prohibition on
making political donations, offering or receiving inappropriate gifts or making undue
payments to inﬂuence the outcome of business dealings.

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The Business review has been prepared solely to assist shareholders to assess the Board’s
strategies and their potential to succeed. 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 the Report. Forward-looking
statements should be regarded with caution because of the inherent uncertainties in
economic trends and business risks. In preparing this Business review, the Directors
have aimed to comply with the Accounting Standards Board’s 2006 Reporting Statement
guidance on Operating and Financial Reviews.

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Board of Directors and executive team

Name: Geoff Unwin
Title: Chairman
Appointment:July 2003 Chairman

Name: Andrew Williams
Title: Chief Executive
Appointment:July 2004 (Board)

Name: Kevin Thompson
Title: Finance Director
Appointment:April 1998 (Board)

September 2002 Deputy Chairman

April 2002 (Executive Board)

January 1995 (Executive Board)

Age: 65
Committees: Nomination (Chairman)
and Remuneration
Skills and experience: Geoff is Chairman of
Liberata plc and Taptu Limited. He is a non-
voting board director of Capgemini Group,
a member of the advisory board of Palamon
Capital Partners and also chairs one of their
investments, OmniBus Systems Limited.
Previously he was Chief Executive of Cap
Gemini Ernst & Young until 2002 and
Chairman of United Business Media plc from
2002 to 2007.

Age: 41
Committees: Nomination
Skills and experience: Andrew was appointed
Chief Executive of Halma p.l.c. in February
2005. He became a member of the Executive
Board in 2002 as Divisional Chief Executive
of the Optics and Water Instrumentation
Division and was promoted to a Director of
Halma’s p.l.c. Board in 2004. He joined Halma
in 1994 as Manufacturing Director of Palmer
Environmental and became Managing Director
of that company in 1997. Andrew is a Chartered
Engineer and a production engineering graduate
of Birmingham University.

Age: 48
Skills and experience: Kevin is Finance Director
of Halma. In 1995 he joined the Halma
Executive Board as Finance Director, in 1997
became group Finance Director and in 1998
was appointed to the Halma p.l.c. Board. He
joined the Group in 1987 as Group Financial
Controller and qualiﬁed as a Chartered
Accountant with Price Waterhouse. Kevin is
an economics and accounting graduate of
Bristol University.

Name: Richard Stone
Title: Non-executive Director and Senior
Independent Director

Appointment: January 2001
Age: 65
Committees: Nomination, Remuneration
(Chairman) and Audit
Skills and experience: Richard is the Senior
Independent Director. He is Chairman of
Drambuie Limited and CSW Group Limited, a
non-executive Director of Gartmore Global Trust
p.l.c., Trust Union Finance (1991) plc, Engandscot
Limited, TR Property Investment Trust plc and
Candover Investments plc. Previously Richard
was a member of the Global Board of
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Chairman
of Coopers & Lybrand.

Name: Adam Meyers
Title: Chief Executive-Health Optics and
Photonics Division

Appointment:April 2008 (Board)

April 2003 (Executive Board)

Age: 46
Skills and experience: Adam is Chief Executive
of the Health Optics and Photonics Division and
was promoted to a Director of Halma’s p.l.c.
Board in April 2008. He became a member
of the Halma Executive Board in 2003 as
Divisional Chief Executive of the Fluid Technology
Division. He joined Halma in 1996 as President
of Bio-Chem Valve and was appointed Assistant
Divisional Chief Executive in 2001. Adam is a
systems engineering graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania and gained his MBA from
Harvard Business School.

Name: Neil Quinn
Title: Chief Executive-Safety Sensors Division
Appointment:April 1998 (Board)

April 1995 (Executive Board)

Age: 58
Skills and experience: Neil was appointed Chief
Executive of the newly formed Safety Sensors
Division in 2007 having previously been Chief
Executive of both the Fire and the Fire & Security
Divisions commencing in 1994. He was
appointed to the Halma Executive Board in
1995 and to the Halma p.l.c. Board in 1998.
He joined the Group as Sales Director of Apollo
Fire Detectors in 1987, becoming Managing
Director in 1992. Neil has a Material Sciences
degree from Shefﬁeld University.

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Name: Jane Aikman
Title: Non-executive Director
Appointment: August 2007
Age: 42
Committees: Nomination, Remuneration
and Audit
Skills and experience: Jane was appointed a
non-executive Director of Halma in August
2007. She is Finance Director of Inﬁnis Limited.
Jane qualiﬁed as a Chartered Accountant
with Ernst & Young and has a degree in civil
engineering from Birmingham University.
Previously Jane was ﬁnance director of both
Wilson Bowden Plc and Pressac plc. She spent
three years as an internal audit manager with
GEC Alsthom and ﬁve years in East Asia with
Asia Pulp and Paper Co Limited.

Name: Stephen Pettit
Title: Non-executive Director
Appointment: September 2003
Age: 57
Committees: Nomination, Remuneration and
Audit (Chairman)
Skills and experience: Stephen was appointed
a non-executive Director of Halma in
September 2003. He is chairman of ROK plc
and a non-executive director of National Grid
plc and BT Group plc – Equality of Access
Board. Stephen is an Economics and Politics
graduate of Cardiff University, has an MSc from
London School of Economics and an MBA from
INSEAD. Previously Stephen was an executive
director with Cable & Wireless PLC and a
divisional chief executive with BP PLC.

Name: Keith Roy
Title: Director
Appointment:April 2001 (Board)

April 2000 (Executive Board)

Age: 58
Skills and experience: Keith was appointed to
the Halma Board in 2001. He joined Halma
having been joint owner of Reten Acoustics
when Halma acquired it in 1992 and was
appointed Managing Director and subsequently
Chairman of Palmer Environmental. He became
Assistant Divisional Chief Executive in 1998.
In 2000 he was appointed Divisional Chief
Executive of the Water Technology Division.
Keith is an electronic engineering graduate
of both Nottingham University (BSc) and Aston
University (MSc). He will retire in July 2008.

Name: Carol Chesney
Title: Company Secretary
Appointment: April 1998
Age: 45
Skills and experience: Carol was appointed
Company Secretary of Halma p.l.c. in 1998. She
spent three years with English China Clays p.l.c.
before joining Halma in 1995 as Group Finance
Manager. She is a maths graduate of
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Virginia
and qualiﬁed as a Chartered Accountant with
Arthur Andersen.

Board of Directors
E Geoffrey Unwin Chairman
Andrew J Williams Chief Executive
Kevin J Thompson Finance Director
Neil Quinn
Richard A Stone
Keith J Roy
Stephen R Pettit
E Jane Aikman
Adam J Meyers

Secretary
Carol T Chesney

Executive Board
Andrew J Williams
Kevin J Thompson
Keith J Roy
John S Campbell Elevator Safety
Charles E Dubois Fluid Technology
Mark Lavelle Process Safety
Adam J Meyers Health Optics and Photonics
Neil Quinn Safety Sensors
Allan Stamper Water and Asset Monitoring
Nigel J B Trodd Fire and Gas
Nigel J Young Special Projects

Key

Board of Directors
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Board of Directors and executive team (continued)

Name: John Campbell
Title: Chief Executive – Elevator Safety Division
Appointment: April 1998 (Executive Board)
Age: 49
Skills and experience: John was appointed
Chief Executive of the Elevator Safety Division in
2006 after leading the successful disposal of
the Group’s resistor businesses. He joined
the Halma Executive Board in 1998 and has
also operated Halma businesses in the Safety
Interlock, Bursting Disk and Automatic Door
Sensor areas. He joined the Group in 1995
as President of IPC Resistors and is an
electrical engineering graduate of the
University of Toronto.

Name: Charles Dubois
Title: Chief Executive – Fluid Technology Division
Appointment: April 2008 (Executive Board)
Age: 42
Skills and experience: Charles was appointed
Chief Executive of the Fluid Technology Division
in April 2008. In 2007 he became Divisional
Managing Director of that Division. He was
appointed President of Diba Industries
following the company’s acquisition in 2004.
Charles joined the Group in 1999 as Vice
President Sales and Marketing of Perma Pure
LLC. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics
from the College of the Holy Cross and earned
his MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Business
at Babson College.

Name: Mark Lavelle
Title: Chief Executive – Process Safety Division
Appointment: April 2007 (Executive Board)
Age: 49
Skills and experience: Mark was appointed
Chief Executive of the Process Safety Division
in 2007. He joined Keeler Instruments in
November 2001 as Managing Director and
was promoted to Divisional Managing Director
in 2006. Mark has a chemistry degree from
Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Name: Allan Stamper
Title: Chief Executive – Water and Asset
Monitoring Division

Appointment: October 2007 (Executive Board)
Age: 53
Skills and experience: Allan was appointed
Divisional Chief Executive and a member of the
Executive Board in October 2007. He joined
the Group in 2002 as Managing Director of
Crowcon Detection Instruments. Allan is an
engineering graduate of both Loughborough
University (BSc) and Imperial College (MSc)
and has an MBA from Cranﬁeld.

Name: Nigel Trodd
Title: Chief Executive – Fire and Gas Division
Appointment: July 2003 (Executive Board)
Age: 50
Skills and experience: Nigel is Chief Executive of
the Fire and Gas Division. He joined Halma in
July 2003 as Chief Executive of Process Safety
Division and a member of the Executive Board.
Nigel is a business studies graduate of Thames
Valley University and is a member of the
Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Name: Nigel Young
Title: Chief Executive – Special Projects
Appointment: April 1994 (Executive Board)
Age: 58
Skills and experience: Nigel is Chief Executive –
Special Products with responsibility for Group
Management Information Systems and Halma
People Development Programmes. He was
appointed to the Executive Board in 1994 and
has served as a Divisional Chief Executive since
1992. Nigel joined Halma as Managing Director
of Fortress Interlocks when the company
joined the Group in 1987. He has an MBA
from Aston University.

Key

Board of Directors
Executive Board

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Corporate governance

Geoff Unwin
Chairman

This section of the report deals with how the Board and its committees
discharge their duties and how we apply the principles of good
governance in the Combined Code on Corporate Governance which
is appended to the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority
and for which the Board is accountable to shareholders. The Board
is committed to the maintenance of high standards of corporate
governance. The policy of the Board is to manage the affairs of the
Company in accordance with the principles of corporate governance
contained in the Combined Code.

I am pleased with the progress Halma has made to ensure best practice
is maintained and we continually seek to improve our practices for the
beneﬁt of our shareholders.

Succession planning
I have always maintained that a key part of my role involves ensuring
that the right people are doing the right jobs within the Group and that
there is a sufﬁcient cadre of individuals being nurtured throughout the
Group to enable effective succession planning. Reviews of management
capabilities and potential are performed on a routine basis and I am
satisﬁed that sufﬁcient resource within the Group exists and continues
to be developed through programmes such as the Halma Executive
Development Programme which itself evolves to meet the changing
needs of the Group. Where a need for improvement to management
resources is identiﬁed, the necessary attention is provided to ensure
full strength is attained as soon as practicable.

Board appointments
Following the annual general meeting in August 2007, Jane Aikman joined
the Board as a non-executive Director. As a ﬁnance director of both listed
and private companies, Jane’s corporate and international experience
complements the Board’s current mix of knowledge and skills.

In April 2008 we made another appointment to the Board, Adam Meyers,
in contemplation of Keith Roy’s notiﬁcation of intention to retire at the
end of July 2008. Adam provides another international dimension to
the Board since he is based in the US and we are already beneﬁting
from having him around the Board table.

Our Board composition is discussed further on page 40, but I wanted to
add my own conﬁrmation that I am entirely satisﬁed that our preferred
composition of the Board, which is a deviation from the Combined
Code, is appropriate to Halma and is one which all of the non-executive
Directors support. No shareholder has ever raised this matter with me
and, indeed, when I sought shareholders’ support at the 2005 AGM, it
was unanimous.

Board committees
Our committees are a valuable part of the Company’s corporate
governance structure. The workload of the committees is far more than
the table of scheduled meetings on page 40 would indicate as ad hoc
meetings and communications between meetings frequently require
considerable amounts of time. As with the Board’s composition, I am
equally comfortable that the composition of all of our committees
remains appropriate.

Board performance
The Board evaluates its performance and that of the Remuneration, Audit
and Nomination Committees at least annually. Each year, we consult the
Board to determine whether an external facilitator would enhance our
process. To date, we have concluded that the current, open climate
that the Board enjoys ensures a full and frank discussion of all matters,
so an external facilitator is unnecessary. For 2007/08 the evaluation
commenced with a self-assessment questionnaire, the results of which
were compiled by the Company Secretary and discussed by the Board
at the January 2008 Board meeting. The Board also met in January
2008, separate from any scheduled meeting, for a general discussion
on Board effectiveness followed by a meeting of the executive Directors
with the Chairman, a meeting of the Chairman and non-executive
Directors, and then a meeting of the non-executive Directors without the
Chairman present. The outcomes of these meetings were then fed back
to individuals by the Chairman, Senior Independent Director or Chief
Executive, as appropriate.

Shareholder communication
I would like to encourage all shareholders to ﬁnd the time to attend
our AGM on 31 July 2008. It is an excellent opportunity to meet the Board,
the Executive Board and the CEOs of our operating companies,
all of whom will be in attendance, and hold them accountable for the
Group’s results and their stewardship of your company.

Geoff Unwin
Chairman

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Corporate governance (continued)

Compliance with the Code of best practice
Throughout the ﬁnancial year, the Company complied with the Code
provisions set out in Section 1 of the July 2003 FRC Combined Code on
Corporate Governance, as amended in June 2006, except in respect of
provisions A3.2 and C3.1 which involve the composition of the Board and
the Audit Committee and the number of members who are independent
non-executive Directors.

The Board reafﬁrmed its decision to maintain the composition of the
Board as a Chairman, three independent non-executive Directors and
four executive Directors and recognises that this composition was not
achieved prior to Jane Aikman’s appointment on 1 August 2007. From
3 April 2008, the preferred composition is not possible due to Keith Roy’s
and Adam Meyers’ directorships overlapping for reasons of succession
planning. Prior to permitting this imbalance to occur, the Chairman and
non-executive Directors sought assurance from the Chief Executive that
he was unaware of any signiﬁcant matters to be brought to the Board’s
attention prior to Keith Roy’s retirement on 31 July 2008. After Keith Roy’s
retirement, the Board will be restored to its preferred composition. The
Board adjudged this composition as the most appropriate structure for
the Company providing valuable direct knowledge of operations and a
robust debate surrounding the issues facing the Group in the present
and future as well as ensuring a good mix of skills and experience.

In respect of the Audit Committee composition, the non-compliance
related to the period to 1 August 2007 when Jane Aikman was appointed
to the Board and the Audit Committee. Jane Aikman succeeded Andrew
Walker who retired in March 2007.

Application of the principles of good governance
The Group is controlled and directed by a Board consisting of a
Chairman, four Directors (ﬁve from 3 April 2008 to 31 July 2008) and three
other non-executive Directors. Their biographies appear on pages 36
and 37. The Nomination Committee returned to full membership in
August 2007 following Jane Aikman’s appointment. The Board considers
the Chairman and each of the non-executive Directors to be
independent. In assessing independence, the Board considers that the
Chairman and non-executive Directors are independent of management
and free from business and other relationships which could interfere
with the exercise of independent judgment now and in the future. The
Board believes that any shareholdings of the Chairman and non-
executive Directors serve to align their interests with those of all
shareholders. Richard Stone is acknowledged as the Senior Independent
Director. Upon appointment and at regular intervals, all Directors are
offered appropriate training. Each Director is subject to re-election at
least every three years. The Chairman conﬁrms that non-executive
Directors standing for re-election continue to be effective and
demonstrate commitment to their roles.

The Directors retain responsibility for the formulation of corporate
strategy, investment decisions, and treasury and risk management
policies. There is a formal schedule of matters reserved for the Board’s
decision and the Board meets at least six times each year with further
ad hoc meetings as required. Directors are issued an agenda and
comprehensive board papers in the week preceding each Board
meeting. All Directors have access to the advice and services of the
Company Secretary as well as there being an agreed procedure for
obtaining independent professional advice.

Board and Committee meeting attendance
During the year attendance by Directors at Board and Committee
meetings was as follows:

Total scheduled meetings
Geoff Unwin
Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson*
Neil Quinn
Richard Stone
Keith Roy
Stephen Pettit
Jane Aikman**

Board Remuneration
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the time he missed one Board meeting.

** Since her appointment on 1 August 2007, Jane Aikman has missed only one scheduled meeting

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Committees of the Board
Halma has six committees of the Board: the Remuneration Committee,
the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Share Plans
Committee, the Bank Facilities and Guarantees Committee and the
Acquisitions and Disposals Committee.

Each of these committees has terms of reference approved by the Board,
copies of which are available on the website or on request from the
Company Secretary.

Internal control
The Board of Directors has overall responsibility to the shareholders for
the Group’s system of internal control and responsibility for reviewing its
effectiveness has been delegated to the Audit Committee. Any system of
internal control can provide only reasonable but not absolute assurance
against material misstatement or loss.

Following publication by the Turnbull Committee of the guidance for
directors on internal control (‘Internal Control: Guidance for Directors
on the Combined Code’), the Board conﬁrms that there is an ongoing
process for identifying, evaluating and managing the signiﬁcant risks
faced by the Group, that this has been in place for the year under review
and up to the date of approval of the Annual report and accounts. This
process has been reviewed by the Board, and the Group accords with
the Turnbull guidance.

The Group’s external auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP, have audited the
ﬁnancial statements and have reviewed the internal ﬁnancial control
systems to the extent they consider necessary to support their audit report.

The Board meets regularly throughout the year and has adopted a
schedule of matters which are required to be brought to it for decision.
This procedure is intended to ensure that the Directors maintain full
and effective control over all signiﬁcant strategic, ﬁnancial and
organisational issues.

Group risk is mitigated by means of an operating structure which
spreads the Group’s activities across a number of autonomous
subsidiary companies. Each of these companies operates with a high
quality board of directors including a ﬁnance executive.

Group companies operate under a system of controls which includes but
is not limited to:

– a deﬁned organisational structure with an appropriate delegation

of authority to operational management which ensures appropriate
segregation of key duties;

– the identiﬁcation and appraisal of risks both formally, through the

annual process of preparing business plans and budgets, through
an annual detailed risk assessment carried out at local level and
informally through close monitoring of operations;

– a comprehensive ﬁnancial reporting system within which actual
and forecast results are compared with approved budgets and
the previous year’s ﬁgures on a monthly basis and reviewed at
both local and Group level;

– an investment evaluation procedure to ensure an appropriate level

of approval for all capital expenditure;

– self-certiﬁcation by operating company management of compliance

and control issues;

– a prescribed robust structure under which it is appropriate to adopt
means of electronic communication and to conduct e-commerce.

The processes which the Board has applied in reviewing the effectiveness
of the Group’s system of internal control are summarised below.

– Operating companies carry out a detailed risk assessment each year

and identify mitigating actions in place or proposed for each signiﬁcant
risk. A risk register is compiled from this information, against which
action is monitored through to resolution. Group management also
compile a summary of signiﬁcant Group risks, documenting existing
or planned actions to mitigate, manage or avoid the risk.

– Each month the board of each operating company meets, discusses
and reports on its operating performance, its opportunities, the risks
facing it and the resultant actions. The relevant Divisional Chief Executive
chairs this meeting. Divisional Chief Executives meet regularly with
the Chief Executive and Finance Director and report progress to the
Executive Board.

– A set of ‘warning signs’ is reported to Group and divisional

management. This report is designed to provide an early warning
of potential risks and to direct appropriate action where necessary.

– The Chief Executive submits a report to each Halma p.l.c. Board

meeting which includes ﬁnancial information, the main features of
Group operations and an analysis of the signiﬁcant risks facing the
Group at that time.

– Cyclical internal control visits are carried out by senior ﬁnance staff
resulting in actions fed back to each company and followed up by
Divisional Finance Directors and Divisional Chief Executives. Visit
reports are coded in terms of risk and a summary of all such visits
reported to the Audit Committee regularly with any signiﬁcant control
failings being reported directly to the Audit Committee; senior ﬁnance
staff also carry out ﬁnancial reviews at each operating company prior
to publication of half year and year end ﬁgures.

– The Finance Director and Chief Executive report to the Audit Committee
on all aspects of internal control for its review. The Board receives the
papers and minutes of the Audit Committee meetings and uses these
as a basis for its annual review of internal control.

During the year, actions to strengthen the control environment were
taken centrally by Group management. The duties and responsibilities of
subsidiary management were clariﬁed and documented in a manual
circulated to all subsidiary managing directors; further resources were
dedicated to identify and investigate potential acquisitions and to ensure
a rapid and successful integration following acquisition; and the scope of
the Group's IT policies was extended, including a programme of
compliance audits which commenced in early 2008.

As noted above, a programme of internal control visits is conducted.
Following its review of internal control activities in 2004, the Audit
Committee established an internal audit function for independent
reporting of the outcome of these visits to the Audit Committee.

During the year we implemented further improvements to our Internal
Audit activities as the result of several benchmarking activities previously
conducted. As a result further improvements have been targeted for the
coming year to enhance our processes including the appointing of a
dedicated Internal Audit manager.

Going concern
After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation
that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue
in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason,
they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the
ﬁnancial statements.

Investor relations
In regular meetings with shareholders and analysts the Chief Executive
and Finance Director communicate the Group’s strategy and results,
disclosing such information as is permitted within the guidelines of
the Listing Rules. Such meetings ensure that institutional shareholders
representing over 50% of the Company’s issued share capital meet with
the Company on a regular basis. Major shareholders are also offered
the opportunity to meet with the Chairman and/or Senior Independent
Director.

All shareholders are encouraged to attend the annual general meeting,
and major shareholders are also invited to brieﬁngs following the interim
and annual results. The content of presentations to shareholders
and analysts at results announcements and all announcements
are available on the Group website, www.halma.com.

The Group website also contains electronic versions of the latest Annual
report and accounts, Interim reports, biographical information on key
Directors and Ofﬁcers, share price information, and full subsidiary
company contact details as well as hotlinks to their own websites. The
website also features the facility to request e-mail alerts relating to
announcements made by the Group and contains information in
Chinese, French, German and Spanish as well as English.

The Financial calendar is set out on page 90.

Auditor independence
The Audit Committee has responsibility for reviewing auditor
independence and objectivity annually. During 2003/04, the Committee
set down the ‘Policy on Auditor Independence and Services provided by
the External Auditor’. This policy states that the Group will only use the
appointed external auditor for non-audit services in cases where these
services do not conﬂict with the auditor’s independence. The policy also
sets a fee level of £100,000 above which non-audit services are subject
to a tendering process. The above fee levels for non-audit services
regarding the external auditors are also subject to an annual cap
equal to the audit fee.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Nomination committee report

Geoff Unwin
Chairman of the Nomination Committee

Members
– Geoff Unwin (Chairman)
– Andrew Williams (Chief Executive)
– Richard Stone
– Stephen Pettit
– Jane Aikman

Governance
The Nomination Committee was in place throughout the ﬁnancial year.
It is chaired by the Chairman of the Company who was deemed to be
independent upon appointment to the Board. Three of the ﬁve members
of the Committee are independent non-executive Directors in
accordance with provision A.3.1 of the Combined Code.

The Nomination Committee is appointed by the Board from the non-
executive Directors of the Group and the Chief Executive. The Nomination
Committee’s terms of reference include all matters indicated by the
Combined Code. The terms of reference are considered annually by the
Nomination Committee and are then referred to the Board for approval.

Activities
The Committee is responsible for nominating appropriate executive and
non-executive candidates for appointment to the Board. During the past
year, two such appointments have been made: Jane Aikman as a non-
executive Director and Adam Meyers as an executive Director.

Responsibilities
– regularly reviewing the structure, size and composition (including the
skills, knowledge and experience) required of the Board compared to
its current position and making recommendations to the Board with
regard to any changes;

– giving full consideration to succession planning for directors and

other senior executives in the course of its work, taking into account
the challenges and opportunities facing the company, and what skills
and expertise are therefore needed on the Board in the future; and

– being responsible for identifying and nominating, for the approval of
the Board, candidates to ﬁll Board vacancies as and when they arise.

The full terms of reference can be found on the Company’s website or be
obtained from the Company Secretary.

When the necessity to appoint a Director is identiﬁed, a candidate proﬁle
is developed indicating the ideal skills, knowledge and experience required
taking into account the Board’s existing composition. External search
consultancies are retained when recruiting non-executive Directors and
are used to evaluate internal and external candidates for succession
planning. The Committee meets at least annually and more frequently
during times that a search is being conducted.

As noted on page 39, the process of appointments to the Board is
paramount in ensuring the Company’s performance is maintained
and continually improved upon. The Committee is committed to
identifying the right candidates to take Halma forward.

On behalf of the Nomination Committee

Geoff Unwin
Chairman

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Audit committee report

Stephen Pettit
Chairman of the Audit Committee

Members
– Stephen Pettit (Chairman)
– Richard Stone
– Jane Aikman

The Audit Committee is appointed by the Board from the non-executive
Directors of the Group. The Audit Committee’s terms of reference include
all matters indicated by the Combined Code. The terms of reference are
considered annually by the Audit Committee and are then referred to
the Board for approval.

Responsibilities
– monitoring the integrity of the ﬁnancial statements of the Group
and any formal announcements relating to the Group’s ﬁnancial
performance and reviewing signiﬁcant ﬁnancial reporting judgments
contained therein;

– reviewing the Group’s internal ﬁnancial controls and the Group’s

internal control and risk management systems including
whistleblowing procedures;

– monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of the Group’s internal

audit function;

– making recommendations to the Board, for a resolution to be put
to the shareholders for their approval in general meeting, on the
appointment of the external auditors and the approval of the
remuneration and terms of engagement of the external auditors;

– reviewing and monitoring the external auditors’ independence
and objectivity and the effectiveness of the audit process, taking
into consideration relevant UK professional and regulatory
requirements; and

– developing and implementing a policy on the engagement of the
external auditors to supply non-audit services, taking into account
relevant guidance regarding the provision of non-audit services by
the external audit ﬁrm.

The full terms of reference can be found on the Company’s website or
be obtained from the Company Secretary.

Governance
The Audit Committee was in place throughout the ﬁnancial year with
Jane Aikman’s appointment in August 2007 restoring the Committee
to three members. All three members are independent non-executive
Directors in accordance with provision A.3.1 of the Combined Code.

The Chairman, Chief Executive, Finance Director and representatives
from the Auditors attend Committee meetings by invitation in order to
provide appropriate advice. The Committee routinely meets with the
Auditors without the involvement of the executive Directors; the
Committee meets at least three times per year.

The Board has designated Jane Aikman (formerly Richard Stone) as
the member of the Audit Committee with recent and relevant ﬁnancial
experience. Her background is as a chartered accountant and ﬁnance
director with listed company experience.

Activities
The Committee not only reviews the ﬁnancial reporting of the Company,
but spends a signiﬁcant amount of its time reviewing the effectiveness
of the Group’s internal control process. Combined with the Committee’s
review of the internal and external audit functions, it is able to obtain
sufﬁcient information to discharge its responsibilities. More speciﬁcally,
the Committee:

– reviewed the March 2008 report and ﬁnancial statements, the

September 2007 half-yearly report and the Interim Management
Statements issued in August and February. As part of this review the
Committee received a report from the external auditors on their audit
of the Annual report and ﬁnancial statements;

– considered the output from the Group-wide process used to identify,

evaluate and mitigate risks;

– reviewed the effectiveness of the Group’s internal controls and disclosures
made in the annual report and ﬁnancial statements on this matter;

– reviewed and agreed the scope of the audit work to be undertaken by

the auditors;

– agreed the fees to be paid to the external auditors for their audit of the

March 2008 ﬁnancial statements;

– reviewed its own effectiveness;

– undertook an evaluation of the performance of the Internal Audit

function;

– agreed a programme of work for the company’s Internal Audit

function; and

– received reports from the Internal Audit Coordinator on the work

undertaken by Internal Audit and management responses to proposals
made in the audit reports issued by the function during the year.

The Group’s policy on external audit sets out the categories of non-audit
services which the external auditors will and will not be allowed to
provide to the Group, subject to de minimis levels.

As a consequence of its satisfaction with the results of the external
auditor-related activities outlined above, the Audit Committee has
recommended to the Board that the external auditors are re-appointed.

The Group’s whistleblowing policy contains arrangements for the Group
Internal Audit Coordinator to receive, in conﬁdence, complaints on
accounting, risk issues, internal controls, auditing issues and related
matters for reporting to the Audit Committee as appropriate.

On behalf of the Audit Committee

Stephen Pettit
Chairman

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Remuneration report

Richard Stone
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Members
– Richard Stone (Chairman)
– Geoff Unwin
– Stephen Pettit
– Jane Aikman
REMUNERATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Committee makes recommendations to the Board on the framework
for executive Directors’ and senior executives’ remuneration based on
proposals formulated by the Chief Executive.

Responsibilities
– determining and agreeing with the Board the policy and framework

for the remuneration of the Chief Executive, the executive Directors, the
Company Secretary and such other members of the executive
management as it is designated to consider;

– approving the design of, and determining targets for, any

performance related pay plans operated by the Company and
agreeing the total annual payments made under such plans;

– reviewing the design of all share incentive plans for approval by the
Board and shareholders, and determining, each year, whether
awards will be made, and if so, the overall amount of such awards,
the individual awards to executive Directors and other senior
executives and the performance targets to be set; and

– determining the policy for, and scope of, pension arrangements for

each executive Director and other senior executives.

The Committee also monitors and considers, with the Chief Executive,
the framework of remuneration for subsidiary chief executives and
directors and ensures a consistent approach is applied.

The full terms of reference can be found on the Company’s website
or be obtained from the Company Secretary.

Governance
The Remuneration Committee was in place throughout the ﬁnancial year
with Jane Aikman’s appointment in August 2007 restoring the Committee
to four members. All three non-executive Director members are
independent in accordance with provision A.3.1 of the Combined Code.

None of the Committee has any personal ﬁnancial interest (other than as
shareholders), conﬂicts of interests arising from cross-directorships or
day-to-day involvement in running the business. The Committee makes
recommendations to the Board. No Director plays a part in any
discussion about his or her own remuneration.

In determining the Directors’ remuneration for the year, the Committee
consulted Andrew Williams (Chief Executive) about his proposals. The
Committee also consulted Watson Wyatt Limited to provide advice on
structuring executive remuneration packages. Watson Wyatt provides
limited independent pension advice to the Company as well.

The Committee meets at least twice per year.

Activities
During the year, the Committee reviewed the Company’s remuneration
strategy to ensure it remained appropriate. As a result of this review
adjustments will be made in 2008/09 to ensure executives remain
appropriately incentivised to meet the Group’s objectives.

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In addition the Committee has:

– agreed the performance targets on the granting of performance

shares;

– agreed the award of bonuses in respect of 2007/08;

– approved the salary uplift on Adam Meyers’ promotion to the Board; and

– reviewed the Remuneration report.

The Company’s remuneration strategy, policy and details of executive
remuneration follow.

On behalf of the Remuneration Committee

Richard Stone
Chairman

REPORT ON REMUNERATION STRATEGY AND POLICY
Introduction
This report has been prepared in accordance with Schedule 7A to the
Companies Act 1985. The report also meets the relevant requirements
of the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority and describes how
the Board has applied the principles relating to directors’ remuneration
in the Combined Code. As required by the Act, a resolution to approve
the report will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the
company at which the ﬁnancial statements will be approved.

The Act requires the auditors to report to the Company’s members on
certain parts of the Directors’ Remuneration report and to state whether
in their opinion those parts of the report have been properly prepared in
accordance with the Companies Act 1985. The report has therefore been
divided into separate sections for audited and unaudited information.

UNAUDITED INFORMATION
Remuneration policy
Executive remuneration packages are sensibly designed to attract,
retain and motivate executives of the high calibre needed to run the
Group successfully, manage its businesses and align the interest of
the Directors with those of the shareholders by rewarding them for
enhancing value to shareholders. The performance measurement of
the executive Directors and key members of senior management and
the determination of their annual remuneration package are undertaken
by the Committee.

There are ﬁve main elements of the remuneration package for executive
Directors and senior management:

– basic annual salary;

– beneﬁts-in-kind;

– annual bonus payments which cannot exceed 100% of basic salary;

– share plan incentives; and

– pension arrangements.

The Company’s policy is that a substantial proportion of the remuneration
of the executive Directors should be performance-related. As described
below, executive Directors may earn annual incentive payments of up to
100% of their basic salary together with the beneﬁts of participation in
share plans.

Basic salary
An executive Director’s basic salary is reviewed by the Committee prior to
the beginning of each year and when an individual changes position or
responsibility. The Chief Executive is responsible for assessing the
performance of each senior executive taking account of the complexity
of the operations under their control, their opportunities for advancement
with the Group, their remuneration relative to other executives in the
Group and their bonus earning potential. He then formulates a
remuneration proposal for the Committee’s consideration. In deciding
appropriate remuneration levels, the Committee also considers the
Group as a whole and relies on objective research conducted by Watson
Wyatt which gives up-to-date information on a comparator group of
companies. Basic salaries are reviewed in January/February of each
year with increases taking effect from 1 April. Executive Directors’
contracts of service which include details of remuneration will be
available for inspection at the Annual General Meeting.

Beneﬁts-in-kind
The executive Directors receive certain beneﬁts-in-kind, principally a car
and private medical insurance.

Annual bonus payments
The Committee establishes the economic value added (EVA) objectives
that must be met for each ﬁnancial year if a cash bonus is to be paid. In
setting appropriate bonus parameters the Committee has determined
that bonuses of approximately 60% of salary are payable on the
achievement of targeted levels of growth. The maximum performance-
related bonus that can be paid is 100% of basic annual salary. Incentive
payments for the year ended 29 March 2008 varied between 15% and
100%. This reﬂects continuing improvement to the company’s organic
growth and completion of strategic acquisitions.

This performance related bonus plan, which applies to executive
Directors and Divisional Chief Executives, is reviewed annually by the
Committee and approved by the Board. There is no alternative bonus
arrangement for Directors and Divisional Chief Executives. During the
year the Committee carefully assessed existing bonus arrangements
and determined that incentive levels are appropriately set.

In the case of a Divisional Chief Executive a bonus is earned if the proﬁt
of the Division for which he is responsible exceeds a target calculated
from the proﬁts of the three preceding ﬁnancial years. The proﬁts calculated
for this purpose regard each Division as a stand-alone group of companies
charging it with the cost of capital it utilises including the cost of acquisitions.

For the Chief Executive and Finance Director, bonuses are calculated as
above but based on the aggregated proﬁt of the Divisions exceeding a
target calculated from the proﬁts of the Divisions for the three preceding
ﬁnancial years.

In 2007/08, Executive Directors and Divisional Chief Executives increased
their cash bonus, subject to a 100% of salary cap, by either 10% of salary
if the Return on capital employed in their Division (or aggregate thereof)
exceeded 45%, or by 15% of salary if accompanied by absolute proﬁt
growth in their Division (or aggregate thereof). For 2008/09, the
supplemental cash bonus that can be earned, subject to a 100% of
salary cap, is dependent upon attainment of a Return on capital
employed of 45% and organic proﬁt growth of at least 4% in their
Division (or aggregate thereof). At this level of ROCE, 5% of salary is
payable rising to a maximum of 15% of salary at 6% organic growth.

Transitional provisions exist for divisional restructuring to ensure
Divisional Chief Executives remain appropriately incentivised.

Subsidiary directors participate in bonus arrangements similar to those
established for senior executives.

Share plans
The Directors have long believed that share plans are an excellent way
to align the interests of senior management with those of shareholders
and that share plans provide excellent motivation. The Committee,
recognising the need to continually assess and evaluate such incentives,
adopted a performance share plan following approval at the 2005
annual general meeting. The Committee has responsibility for
supervising the Plan and the grants under its terms. The Committee
believes that any incentive compensation awarded should be tied to the
interests of the company’s shareholders and that the principal measure
of those interests is total shareholder return. In determining the amount
to be granted, account is also taken of the relative ﬁnancial and
operational success of the different parts of the business for which the
executive directors are responsible and the extent to which the personal
strategic objectives set by their superior have been met.

The Plan contains provisions permitting share option grants, restricted
share awards and performance share awards. To date, the Committee
have used the Plan only to award performance shares. However,
included in the AGM business for the current year is a proposal to add
an approved share option section to the performance share plan to
make future awards more tax effective for the Company and the
participant. The economic and commercial value of the future awards
made to participants will be unchanged. Awards made under the new
Plan were ﬁrst made in August 2005 and annually thereafter.

Chief Executive
Finance Director
Executive Directors
Divisional Chief Executives
Managing directors &
Divisional ﬁnance directors

* expressed as a % of salary

Maximum
award

Actual
award
permitted* 2007/08*

140%
140%
140%
100%

140%
138%
132%
97%

40%

33%

Awards vest after three years on a sliding scale, as set out below,
subject to the Company’s relative TSR performance against the FTSE 250,
excluding ﬁnancial companies, combined with a measure based upon
an absolute Return on total invested capital (ROTIC). Awards which do
not vest on the third anniversary of their award lapse. Vesting
expectations for awards made range from 45% to 85%.

Percentage of award which vests

ROTIC

(post-tax)

9.5%
11.0%
12.5%
14.0%

TSR (percentile)
<50%

50%

0.0
16.7
33.3
50.0

16.7
33.3
50.0
66.7

75%

50.0
66.7
83.3
100.0

100%

50.0
66.7
83.3
100.0

ROTIC
(Return on total invested capital)

15%

10%

The 1990, 1996 and 1999 share option plans all provided for the grant
of two categories of option both of which are subject to performance
criteria. The exercise criteria for these three plans are noted in note 23 to
the accounts. No further grants may be made from the ﬁrst two of these
plans nor does the Company intend to make any further grants from the
1999 Plan given that the performance share plan was approved by
shareholders at the 2005 annual general meeting. The granting of
options was spread over the life of the Plan.

The total dilution effect under these various discretionary share plans is
less than 5%.

The Company does not operate any long-term incentive plans other than
the share plans described above. Except for the proposed amendment
relating to the Performance Share Plan, no signiﬁcant amendments are
proposed to be made to the terms and conditions of any entitlement
of a Director to share options.

Pension arrangements
Except as noted below, the executive Directors participate in the
appropriate section of the Halma Group Pension Plan. This section
is a funded ﬁnal salary occupational pension plan registered with HM
Revenue & Customs, which provides a maximum pension of two-thirds
of ﬁnal pensionable salary after 25 or more years’ service at normal
pension age (60). Up to 5 April 2006, ﬁnal pensionable salary was the
greatest salary of the last three complete tax years immediately before
retirement or leaving service. From 6 April 2006, ﬁnal pensionable salary
is capped at 7.5% of the Lifetime Allowance equating to £120,000 for the
year ended 29 March 2008.

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Bonuses and other ﬂuctuating emoluments and beneﬁts in kind are
not pensionable nor subject to the pension supplement. The Plan also
provides for life cover of three times salary, pensions in the event of early
retirement through ill health and dependants’ pensions of one-half of
the member’s prospective pension. Early retirement pensions, currently
possible from age 50 with the consent of the Company and the Trustees of
the Plan, are subject to actuarial reduction. Pensions in payment increase
by 3% per annum for service up to 5 April 1997, by price inﬂation (subject
to a maximum of 5%) through to 31 March 2007 and 3% thereafter.

Executive Directors receive pension supplements to compensate them
for the fact that their pension entitlement under the Halma Group
Pension Plan deﬁned beneﬁt arrangements is limited by a pensionable
salary cap introduced from 6 April 2006. The Company introduced a
pensionable salary cap in order to address changes affecting the Plan
made in the Pension Act 2006. Without the introduction of such a cap,
there would, effectively, have been no beneﬁt limits. This could have
resulted in beneﬁts in excess of prescribed levels with some individuals
suffering penal rates of tax and potentially causing a limitation on the tax
deductibility of employer contributions. The Company obtained external
advice regarding the changes to the Plan and executive pension
arrangements and required each affected executive to obtain
independent advice prior to implementing the changes. These changes
reduce the Plan’s future liabilities and their associated funding risk.

To the extent that an executive’s current salary exceeds the Plan salary
cap, the Company compensates him at an annual rate of 26% of the
excess. In April 2006, Kevin Thompson chose to cease entirely future
service accrual in the Halma Group Pension Plan in return for the
pension supplement on his full salary.

TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN
(total return indices)

400

300

200

100

Mar 03

Mar 04

Mar 05

Mar 06

Mar 07

Mar 08

FTSE 350 ELECTRONIC & ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

FTSE 250

HALMA

Source: Datastream

The graph above shows the Company’s total shareholder return
performance over the ﬁve years to 29 March 2008 as compared to the
FTSE 250 and the FTSE 350 Electronic & Electrical Equipment sector
indices, the latter of which the Company has been a constituent since it
was reclassiﬁed in June 2006. Over the period indicated, the Company’s
total shareholder return was 113% compared to 187% for the FTSE 250
and 151% for the FTSE 350 Electronic & Electrical Equipment sector.

At the commencement of the ﬁve-year period depicted in the graph, the
Halma p.l.c. ordinary share price was 114p and the total of dividends
paid in the year ended 29 March 2003 was 5.491p per share. The
Halma p.l.c. ordinary share price at 29 March 2008 was 191.5p and the
total of dividends paid in the year then ended was 7.33p per share.

Directors’ contracts
It is the Company’s policy that executive directors should have contracts
with an indeﬁnite term providing for a maximum of one year’s notice.

Kevin Thompson, Neil Quinn, Andrew Williams and Adam Meyers who
are proposed for election or re-election at the next annual general
meeting have service contracts which provide for a notice period of
one year. Geoff Unwin who is proposed for re-election has a service
contract which provides for six months’ notice. Jane Aikman who is also
proposed for re-election, being a non-executive Director, does not have
a service contract.

The details of the Directors’ contracts are summarised in the table below:

Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson
Neil Quinn
Keith Roy
Adam Meyers

Date of
contract

April 2003
April 2003
April 2003
April 2003
September 1996

Notice
period

one year
one year
one year
one year*
one year

The Company has accepted Keith Roy’s notice of retirement effective 31 July 2008.

In the event of early termination, no predetermined compensation is
provided for in the Directors’ contracts.

Non-executive Directors
Unless otherwise indicated, all non-executive Directors have a speciﬁc
three-year term of engagement which may be renewed for further three-
year terms if both the Director and the Board agree. The remuneration
of the Chairman and the non-executive Directors is determined by the
Board based on independent surveys of fees paid to the Chairman and
the non-executive Directors of similar companies. The Chairman and the
non-executive Directors receive a basic fee supplemented by additional
fees for membership and/or chairmanship of the Audit and
Remuneration Committees.

The contract in respect of Geoff Unwin’s services provides for termination,
by either party, by giving not less than six months’ notice. The fee for
Geoff Unwin’s services is set at £140,000 per annum. In addition there
is a contribution of £16,150 towards ofﬁce costs.

The other non-executive Directors do not have service contracts.

The Chairman’s and the non-executive Directors’ fees were last reviewed
by the Board in April 2006 at which time the revised fee levels were set
for three years from 2006/07 as follows:

Geoff Unwin (appointed September 2002), Chairman
and Remuneration Committee member
Richard Stone (appointed January 2001),
Senior Independent Director, Remuneration
Committee Chairman and Audit Committee member
Stephen Pettit (appointed September 2003), Audit Committee
Chairman and Remuneration Committee member
Jane Aikman (appointed August 2007), Audit
and Remuneration Committees member

£140,000

£43,000

£40,000

£36,000

No fees are payable for membership of the Nomination Committee of
which each of the above Directors is a member.

AUDITED INFORMATION
Aggregate Directors’ remuneration

The total amounts for Directors’ remuneration were as follows:
2008
£000

Emoluments
Gains on exercise of share options
Pension supplements

2,036
244
167

2,447

2007
£000

2,152
247
159

2,558

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Directors’ remuneration

Salaries
and fees
£000

Bonus Beneﬁts
£000
£000

Pension
supple-
ment
£000

2008
Total
£000

2007
Total
£000

140
375
247
200
43
180
40
24*
–

1,249

–
306
182
41
–
180
–
–
–

709

16
21
12
14
–
15
–
–
–

–
66
64
21
–
16
–
–
–

156
768
505
276
43
391
40
24
–

156
856
516
258
43
368
36
–
51**

167

2,203 2,284

Geoff Unwin
Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson
Neil Quinn
Richard Stone
Keith Roy
Stephen Pettit
Jane Aikman
Andrew Walker

*
from date of appointment
** up to date of resignation

The fees paid in relation to Geoff Unwin were paid to Gunwin Limited.
Andrew Williams’ prior year beneﬁts included relocation expense
reimbursement of £74,000.

Directors’ interests
The Directors who held ofﬁce at 29 March 2008 had the following
interests in the ordinary shares of the Company:

Geoff Unwin
Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson
Neil Quinn
Richard Stone
Keith Roy
Stephen Pettit
Jane Aikman

Shares
29.3.08

Shares
31.3.07

38,250
68,250
72,473
106,523
99,609
114,301
69,118
74,118
20,000
20,000
764,057 760,649
2,000
NA

2,000
–

At the date of his appointment, Adam Meyers had a beneﬁcial interest
in 41,689 ordinary shares of the Company. There are no non-beneﬁcial
interests of Directors. There were no changes in Directors' interests from
29 March 2008 to 17 June 2008.

Performance share plan
The movements in performance share awards during the ﬁnancial year were as follows:

Andrew Williams

Kevin Thompson

Neil Quinn

Keith Roy

Date of grant

As at 31.03.07

Aug 2005
July 2006
July 2007
Aug 2005
July 2006
July 2007
Aug 2005
July 2006
July 2007
Aug 2005
July 2006
July 2007

241,482
246,231

169,792
165,327

141,305
132,446

122,250
114,852

1,333,685

Granted
in the year

218,144

141,632

109,695

98,726

568,197

Three-day
average
share price
on grant

148.42p
199.00p
204.67p
148.42p
199.00p
204.67p
148.42p
199.00p
204.67p
148.42p
199.00p
204.67p

As at
29.3.08

241,482
246,231
218,144
169,792
165,327
141,632
141,305
132,446
109,695
122,250
114,852
98,726

1,901,882

Performance conditions for the awards made in the ﬁnancial year are set out above. The current vesting expectation for grants made in 2005 is
45%; for grants made in 2006, 85% and for grants made in 2007, 65%.

Directors’ share options
The movements in share options during the ﬁnancial year were as follows:

Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson
Neil Quinn
Keith Roy

As at 31.3.07

443,421
782,602
763,375
497,292

Lapsed

(13,200)
(21,600)
(21,600)
(6,800)

Exercised

(22,300)
(30,400)
(142,100)
(11,800)

Share price on
exercise

240.00p
236.17p
237.63p
236.80p

As at
29.03.08

407,921
730,602
599,675
478,692

2008
Gains on
exercise (£)

17,060
34,557
178,973
13,488

2007
Gains on
exercise (£)

5,862
67,362
150,247
24,027

There were no share plan grants or lapses during the ﬁnancial year.

The gains are calculated by deducting the exercise price from the closing middle market price at the date of exercise or the actual gross sales
proceeds if appropriate.

The closing middle market price of the Company’s ordinary shares on Friday, 28 March 2008, the last trading day preceding the ﬁnancial year end,
was 191.5p per share and the range during the year was 181.5p to 246p.

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Details of Directors’ options outstanding at 29 March 2008 are set out in the table below. The status of the options can be summarised as follows:

1 Exercisable at that date at a price less than 191.5p.

2 Not yet exercisable, will only be exercisable when the performance criteria, set out in note 23 to the accounts, have been met and have an

exercise price per share of less than 191.5p.

Andrew Williams

Kevin Thompson

Neil Quinn

Keith Roy

Status of
options
(see above)

Year of grant

1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2

2004
1998-2005
1998; 2000-2001; 2003-2004
1998-2005
2001; 2003-2004
1998-2005
1998-1999; 2001-2002; 2004
1998-2005

Number of
shares

156,162
251,759
359,190
371,412
282,364
317,311
207,144
271,548

Weighted
average
exercise
price (p)
per share

142.25
138.78
130.18
137.35
143.56
134.72
135.47
136.36

All options lapse if not exercised within ten years from the date of grant.

The Company’s Register of Directors’ Interests, which is open to inspection at the Registered Ofﬁce, contains full details of Directors’ shareholdings
and share options.

There have been no variations to the terms and conditions or performance criteria for share options during the ﬁnancial year.

Directors’ pension entitlements
Four Directors are members of the Company’s deﬁned beneﬁt pension
plan. The following Directors had accrued entitlements under the plans
as follows:

Years of
pensionable
service at
29.3.08

Age at
29.3.08

Accrued
pension Increase in
the year
£000

2007
£000

Accrued
pension
2008
£000

40
48
58
57

13
18
20
15

30
87
92
54

5
1
3
3

36
91
98
59

Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson
Neil Quinn
Keith Roy

The accrued pension shown is that which would be paid annually on
retirement based on service to the end of the year.

The increase in accrued pension during the year is the amount in excess
of the increase due to inﬂation.

Transfer
value
31.3.07
£000

Directors’
contri-
butions
£000

Increase in
value net
of contri-
butions
£000

231
924
1,451
866

12
–
12
12

83
231
348
251

Transfer
value
29.3.08
£000

326
1,155
1,811
1,129

Andrew Williams
Kevin Thompson
Neil Quinn
Keith Roy

The transfer values disclosed above do not represent a sum paid or
payable to the individual Director. Instead they represent a potential
liability of the pension plan.

These values have been calculated on the basis of actuarial advice in
accordance with Actuarial Guidance Note GN11.

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Activities
Halma p.l.c. is a holding company. A list of its principal subsidiary
companies and their activities is set out on pages 88 and 89.

Ordinary dividends
The Directors are recommending a ﬁnal dividend of 4.55p per share and,
if approved, this dividend will be paid on 20 August 2008 to ordinary
shareholders on the register at the close of business on 18 July 2008.
Together with the interim dividend of 3p per share already paid, this
will make a total of 7.55p (2007: 7.18p) per share for the ﬁnancial year.

Share capital and capital structure
Details of share capital issued in the ﬁnancial year are set out in note 21
to the accounts.

Details of the authorised and issued share capital, together with details
of the movements in the Company’s issued share capital during the year
are shown in note 21 to the accounts. The Company has one class of
ordinary shares which carry no right to ﬁxed income. Each share carries
the right to one vote at general meetings of the Company. There are no
other classes of share capital.

There are no speciﬁc restrictions on the size of a holding nor on the transfer
of shares, with both governed by the general provisions of the Articles of
Association and prevailing legislation. The Directors are not aware of any
agreements between holders of the Company’s shares that may result in
restrictions on the transfer of securities or on voting rights.

Shares held in treasury are non-voting and are not eligible for dividends.
Details of employee share plans are set out in note 23 to the accounts.

No person has any special rights of control over the Company’s share
capital and all issued shares are fully paid.

With regard to the appointment and replacement of directors, the
Company is governed by its Articles of Association, the Combined Code,
the Companies Acts and related legislation. The Articles themselves may
be amended by special resolution of the shareholders. The powers of
directors are described in the Matters reserved for the Board, copies
of which are available on request, and the Corporate governance
statement on page 39.

Under its Articles of Association, the Company has authority to issue
436,564,890 ordinary shares of which 374,796,280, including treasury
shares, are in issue as at the date of this Report.

There are a number of agreements that take effect, alter or terminate
upon a change of control of the Company, principally bank loan
agreements and employee share plans.

The only signiﬁcant agreement, in terms of its likely impact on the
business of the Group as a whole, containing such provisions is that
governing the £165m revolving credit facility which on change of control,
if the majority lenders require, can result in 30 days notice being given to
the Company for all amounts outstanding to be immediately due and
payable at which time the facility would be cancelled.

The Company’s share plans contain provisions as a result of which
options and awards may vest and become exercisable on a change
of control of the Company in accordance with the rules of the plans.

The Directors are not aware of any agreements between the Company
and its directors or employees that provide for compensation for loss
of ofﬁce or employment that occurs because of a takeover bid.

Allotment authority
Under the Companies Act 1985 the Directors may only allot shares if
authorised by shareholders to do so. At the Annual General Meeting an
ordinary resolution will be proposed which, if passed, will authorise the
Directors to allot and issue new shares up to an aggregate nominal
value of £6,176,861 (up to £61,768,610 new ordinary shares of 10p each),
which is equal to approximately 14% of the issued share capital of the
Company (excluding treasury shares) as at 17 June 2008 (the latest
practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice of meeting). In
accordance with the Directors’ stated intention to seek annual renewal,
the authority will expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting
of the Company in 2009. Passing this resolution will give the Directors
ﬂexibility to act in the best interests of shareholders, when opportunities
arise, by issuing new shares.

As at 17 June 2008 (the latest practicable date prior to the publication of
the Notice of meeting), the Company had 374,796,280 ordinary shares of
10p each in issue and held 1,563,813 treasury shares, which is equal to

approximately 0.4% of the issued share capital of the Company
(excluding treasury shares) as at that date.

The Companies Act 1985 also requires that, if the Company issues new
shares for cash or sells any treasury shares, it must ﬁrst offer them to
existing shareholders in proportion to their current holdings. At the Annual
General Meeting a special resolution will be proposed which, if passed,
will authorise the Directors to issue a limited number of shares for cash
and/or sell treasury shares without offering them to shareholders ﬁrst.
The authority is for an aggregate nominal amount of up to 5% of the
aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as
at 17 June 2008 (the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the
Notice of meeting). The resolution will also modify statutory pre-emption
rights to deal with legal, regulatory or practical problems that may arise
on a rights or other pre-emptive offer or issue. The authority will expire
at the same time as the resolution conferring authority on the Directors
to allot shares. The Directors consider this authority necessary in order to
give them ﬂexibility to deal with opportunities as they arise, subject to the
restrictions contained in the resolution.

There are no present plans to issue shares, except under share plans
previously approved in general meeting.

Directors
The Directors of the Company are listed on page 37. Brief biographies
are set out on pages 36 and 37.

E Jane Aikman was appointed a Director on 1 August 2007 and
Adam J Meyers was appointed a Director on 3 April 2008. Having
been appointed by the Board since the last annual general meeting,
both are proposed for re-election at the 2008 Annual General Meeting.

Kevin Thompson, Neil Quinn, Geoff Unwin and Andrew Williams all
retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

For each Director being re-elected at the Annual General Meeting, the
Board conﬁrms that, following formal performance evaluations, each
individual’s performance continues to be effective and they continue
to demonstrate commitment to their roles.

Purchase of own shares
The Company was authorised at the 2007 annual general meeting to
purchase up to 37,000,000 of its own 10p ordinary shares in the market.
This authority expires at the end of the 2008 Annual General Meeting. In
accordance with the Directors’ stated intention to seek annual renewal,
a special resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to
renew this authority, until the end of next year’s annual general meeting,
in respect of up to 37,000,000 ordinary shares, which is approximately
10% of the Company’s issued share capital (excluding treasury shares)
as at 17 June 2008 (the latest practicable date prior to the publication
of the Notice of meeting). The Directors consider it desirable that the
possibility of making such purchases, under appropriate circumstances,
is available. Their present intention is that the shares purchased under
the authority will (to the extent statutory requirements are met) be held in
treasury for future cancellation, sale for cash or transfer for the purposes
of, or pursuant to, an employee share plan, although in the light of
circumstances at the time it may be decided to cancel them immediately
on repurchase. The effect of any cancellation would be to reduce the
number of shares in issue. For most purposes, while held in treasury
shares are treated as if they have been cancelled (for example, they
carry no voting rights and do not rank for dividends).

Following approval of the performance share plan (PSP) at the 2005
annual general meeting, the Directors made, and intend to continue
to make, routine purchases of Halma shares in the market for holding
in treasury until required for vesting under the PSP. In the year to
29 March 2008, 774,000 shares were purchased in the market for
treasury. Otherwise, the Directors have no present intention of using this
authority. In reaching a decision to purchase shares, the Directors will
take into account the Company’s cash resources, capital requirements
and the effect of any purchase on the Company’s earnings per share.
It is anticipated that renewal of the authority will be requested at
subsequent annual general meetings.

As at 17 June 2008, which is the latest practicable date prior to the
publication of the Notice of meeting, options were outstanding to
subscribe for a total number of 8,050,849 ordinary shares, or 2.1%
of the Company’s issued share capital. If this authority to purchase
shares were used in full, the proportion of the adjusted issued share
capital represented by this ﬁgure would be 2.4%.

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Other statutory information
(continued)

Deeds of indemnity
Following amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association at the
annual general meeting in 2006, the Company has entered into deeds
of indemnity, which are qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the
purpose of the Companies Act 1985, with each of the current Directors.

Substitution of Articles of Association
The Company’s Articles of Association may be amended by special
resolution at a general meeting of shareholders. At the 2008 Annual
General Meeting, a special resolution will be put to shareholders
proposing substitution of to the existing Articles of Association primarily
in order to accommodate the provisions of the new Companies Act 2006.

Amendment to performance share plan
The Company’s performance share plan does not currently contain the
provision to grant tax efﬁcient HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) approved
share options. Therefore, at the 2008 Annual General Meeting a
resolution will be put to shareholders proposing an amendment to
permit the granting of approved share options subject to approval
of the amendment by HMRC.

Supplier payment policy
The Company does not follow any particular supplier payment code
of practice. The Company has due regard to the payment terms of
suppliers and generally settles all undisputed accounts within 30 days
of the due date for payment. At 29 March 2008 the Company’s trade
creditors represented 31 days (2007: 37 days) of its annual purchases.

Donations
Group companies made charitable donations amounting to £11,000
(2007: £5,209) during the ﬁnancial year. There were no political
donations (2007: £nil).

Substantial shareholdings
On 17 June 2008, the Company had been notiﬁed, in accordance with
chapter 5 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, of the following
voting rights as a shareholder of the Company.

No. of
ordinary
shares

Percentage of
voting rights
and issued
share capital

Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd

22,317,670

Silchester International Investors Ltd

22,147,989

Capital Research and Management Co

19,089,943

Barclays Bank PLC

Legal & General Group Plc

Sanderson Asset Management Ltd

15,724,354

15,076,072

15,075,762

5.98

5.93

5.11

4.21

4.04

Auditors
Each of the persons who is a Director at the date of approval of this
Annual report conﬁrms that:

– so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information

of which the Company’s auditors are unaware; and

– the Director has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have taken as
a director in order to make himself/herself aware of any relevant audit
information and to establish that the Company’s auditors are aware of
that information.

This conﬁrmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance
with the provisions of s234ZA of the Companies Act 1985.

Deloitte & Touche LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in
ofﬁce as auditors and a resolution to reappoint them will be proposed
at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

By order of the Board

Carol Chesney
Company Secretary
17 June 2008

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Directors’ responsibilities

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual report, Directors’
Remuneration report and the ﬁnancial statements in accordance with
applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare ﬁnancial statements for
each ﬁnancial year. The Directors are required by the IAS Regulation to
prepare the Group ﬁnancial statements under IFRSs (IFRSs) as adopted by
the European Union. The Group ﬁnancial statements are also required
by law to be properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act
1985 and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

International Accounting Standard 1 requires that IFRS ﬁnancial
statements present fairly for each ﬁnancial year the Company’s ﬁnancial
position, ﬁnancial performance and cash ﬂows. This requires the faithful
representation of the effects of transactions, other events and conditions
in accordance with the deﬁnitions and recognition criteria for assets,
liabilities, income and expenses set out in the International Accounting
Standards Board’s ‘Framework for the preparation and presentation of
ﬁnancial statements’. In virtually all circumstances, a fair presentation will
be achieved by compliance with all applicable IFRSs. However, Directors
are also required to:

– properly select and apply accounting policies;

– present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that

provides relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable
information; and

– provide additional disclosures when compliance with the speciﬁc

requirements in IFRSs are insufﬁcient to enable users to understand the
impact of particular transactions, other events and conditions on the
entity’s ﬁnancial position and ﬁnancial performance.

The Directors have elected to prepare the parent company ﬁnancial
statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and
applicable law). The parent company ﬁnancial statements are required
by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company.
In preparing these ﬁnancial statements, the Directors are required to:

– select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

– make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and

– state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been

followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained
in the ﬁnancial statements.

The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that
disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the ﬁnancial position of
the Company and enable them to ensure that the parent company
ﬁnancial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and
other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the
corporate and ﬁnancial information included on the Company’s website.
Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and
dissemination of ﬁnancial statements may differ from legislation in
other jurisdictions.

Directors’ responsibility statement
We conﬁrm to the best of our knowledge:

1. the ﬁnancial statements, prepared in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, give a true and
fair view of the assets, liabilities, ﬁnancial position and proﬁt or loss of
the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation
taken as a whole; and

2. the management report, which is incorporated into the Directors’

report includes a fair review of the development and performance of
the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings
included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a
description of the principal risks and uncertainties they face.

By order of the Board

Andrew Williams
Chief Executive
17 June 2008

Kevin Thompson
Finance Director
17 June 2008

Consolidated income statement

52 weeks to
29 March
2008

52 weeks to
31 March
2007

Before
acquired
intangibles
amortisation
£000

Amortisation of
acquired
intangibles
£000

Notes

Before acquired
intangibles
amortisation
£000

Amortisation
of acquired
intangibles
£000

Total
£000

395,061

–

395,061

351,119

–

351,119

74,923
8,159
(10,303)

72,779
(21,101)

51,678

(4,757)
–
–

(4,757)
1,413

70,166
8,159
(10,303)

68,022
(19,688)

(3,344)

48,334

67,437
7,272
(9,101)

65,608
(19,518)

46,090

(3,458)
–
–

(3,458)
1,065

(2,393)

63,979
7,272
(9,101)

62,150
(18,453)

43,697

1,950

–

1,950

314

–

314

53,628

(3,344)

50,284

46,404

(2,393)

44,011

13.86p

12.42p

12.97p
12.90p

13.49p
13.42p

28,172
7.55p

11.77p
11.68p

11.86p
11.77p

26,753
7.18p

Continuing operations
Revenue

Operating profit
Finance income
Finance expense
Profit before taxation

Taxation
Profit for the year from continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Net profit for the year from discontinued operations
Profit for the year attributable
to equity shareholders

Earnings per ordinary share
From continuing operations
Basic
Diluted
From continuing and discontinued operations
Basic
Diluted
Dividends in respect of the year
Paid and proposed (£000)
Paid and proposed per share

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N
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29 March 2008
£000

31 March 2007
£000

Notes

161,230
33,252
57,452
10,069

262,003

44,267
99,741
28,118

172,126

434,129

7,035
69,420
8,273

84,728

87,398

65,358
35,957
2,874
6,108

110,297

195,025

239,104

37,446
16,949
(3,292)
185
7,144
5,106
175,566

239,104

129,521
15,338
49,580
11,178

205,617

39,134
81,650
22,051

142,835

348,452

29,762
62,590
6,043

98,395

44,440

–
37,260
3,005
3,184

43,449

141,844

206,608

37,312
15,239
(1,664)
185
(4,272)
3,654
156,154

206,608

Consolidated balance sheet

Non-current assets
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Deferred tax assets

Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Current liabilities

Borrowings
Trade and other payables
Tax liabilities

Net current assets

Non-current liabilities

Borrowings
Retirement benefit obligations
Trade and other payables
Deferred tax liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Capital and reserves

Share capital
Share premium account
Treasury shares
Capital redemption reserve
Translation reserve
Other reserves
Retained earnings
Shareholders’ funds

Approved by the Board of Directors on 17 June 2008.

A J Williams
Directors

K J Thompson

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Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
Exchange differences transferred to profit on disposal of foreign operations
Actuarial (losses)/gains on defined benefit pension plans
Tax on items taken directly to reserves

Net loss recognised directly in reserves
Profit for the year
Total recognised income and expense for the year

Reconciliation of movements in shareholders’ funds

Shareholders’ funds brought forward
Profit for the year
Dividends paid
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
Exchange differences transferred to profit on disposal of foreign operations
Actuarial (losses)/gains on defined benefit pension plans
Tax on items taken directly to reserves
Issue of shares
Treasury shares purchased
Movement in other reserves
Total movement in shareholders’ funds

Shareholders’ funds carried forward

52 weeks to
29 March
2008
£000
11,352
64
(3,886)
343

7,873
50,284

58,157

52 weeks to
31 March
2007
£000
(10,216)
–
7,084
(2,122)

(5,254)
44,011

38,757

52 weeks to
29 March
2008
£000
206,608
50,284
(27,329)
11,352
64
(3,886)
343
1,844
(1,628)
1,452

52 weeks to
31 March
2007
£000
188,080
44,011
(25,922)
(10,216)
–
7,084
(2,122)
4,916
(1,285)
2,062

32,496

18,528

239,104

206,608

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Consolidated cash flow statement

Net cash inflow from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of computer software
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
Development costs capitalised
Interest received
Acquisition of businesses
Disposal of businesses
Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities
Dividends paid
Proceeds from issue of share capital
Purchase of treasury shares
Interest paid
Drawdown of borrowings
Net cash from/(used in) financing activities

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
Exchange adjustments
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward

52 weeks to
29 March
2008
£000
58,401

52 weeks to
31 March
2007
£000
50,754

Notes

(14,787)
(952)
831
(3,796)
721
(46,537)
2,405

(62,115)

(27,329)
1,844
(1,632)
(2,473)
37,796

8,206

4,492
22,051
1,575

28,118

(10,053)
(847)
3,609
(3,893)
1,035
(27,499)
–

(37,648)

(25,922)
4,916
(1,272)
(1,894)
–

(24,172)

(11,066)
35,826
(2,709)

22,051

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Accounting policies

Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted for use in the
European Union (EU) and therefore comply with Article 4 of the EU IAS legislation and with those parts of the Companies Act 1985 that are
applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with IFRS and International
Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) interpretations issued and effective at the time of preparing these accounts.

The principal Group accounting policies are explained below and, except as detailed below, have been applied consistently throughout the years
ended 31 March 2007 and 29 March 2008.

In the current year, the Group adopted IFRS 7 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’ which is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after
1 January 2007 and the related amendment to IAS 1 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’. The impact of these changes has been to expand the
disclosures provided in note 26 regarding the Group’s financial instruments and management of capital. In addition, the Group has elected to adopt
IAS 23 (revised) ‘Borrowing Costs’ in advance of its effective implementation date. This has had no impact on the Group’s accounting policies. The
principal change to the Standard, which was to eliminate the previously available option to expense all borrowing costs as incurred, has no impact
on these financial statements because it has always been the Group’s policy to capitalise borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following Standards and Interpretations in issue have not been applied as they are
not yet in effect: IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’; IFRIC 11 ‘IFRS 2 – Group and Treasury Share Transactions’; and IFRIC 14 ‘IAS 19 – The Limit on a
Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction’. The Directors anticipate that the adoption of these Standards and
Interpretations in future periods will not have a material effect on the Group’s financial statements, except for additional segment disclosures when
IFRS 8 comes into effect for periods commencing on or after 1 January 2009.

The Group accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except as described below under the heading ‘Financial Instruments’.

The preparation of Group accounts in conformity with IFRS requires the Directors to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the
application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based
on historical experiences and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis
of making judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from
these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period
in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both
current and future periods. The key areas where estimates have been used and assumptions applied are in the valuation of acquired intangible
assets, impairment testing of goodwill and in assessing the defined benefit pension plan liabilities.

Basis of consolidation
The Group accounts include the accounts of Halma p.l.c. and its subsidiary companies made up to 29 March 2008, adjusted to eliminate intra-
Group transactions, balances, income and expenses. The results of subsidiary companies acquired or discontinued are included from the month
of their acquisition or to the month of their discontinuation.

Goodwill
Goodwill in respect of acquisitions after 4 April 2004 represents the difference between the cost of an acquisition and the fair value of the net
identifiable assets of the business acquired, and is recognised as an intangible asset in the Consolidated balance sheet. Goodwill therefore
includes non-identified intangible assets including business processes, buyer-specific synergies, know-how and workforce-related industry-specific
knowledge and technical skills. Negative goodwill arising on acquisitions would be recognised directly in the Consolidated income statement. On
closure or disposal of an acquired business, this goodwill would be taken into account in determining the profit or loss on closure or disposal.

As permitted by IFRS 1, the Group elected not to apply IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’ to acquisitions prior to 4 April 2004 in its consolidated accounts.
As a result, the net book value of goodwill recognised as an intangible asset under UK GAAP at 3 April 2004 was brought forward unadjusted as the
cost of goodwill recognised under IFRS at 4 April 2004 subject to impairment testing on that date; and goodwill that was written off to reserves prior
to 28 March 1998 under UK GAAP will not be taken into account in determining the profit or loss on disposal or closure of previously acquired
businesses from 4 April 2004 onwards.

Other intangible assets
(a) Product development costs
Research expenditure is written off in the financial year in which it is incurred.

Development expenditure is written off in the financial year in which it is incurred, unless it relates to the development of a new or substantially
improved product, is incurred after the technical feasibility and economic viability of the product has been proven and the decision to complete the
development has been taken, and can be measured reliably. Such expenditure is capitalised as an intangible asset in the Consolidated balance
sheet at cost and is amortised through the Consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over its estimated economic life of three years
after which time it is retired and written out of the accounts.

(b) Acquired intangible assets
An intangible resource acquired with a subsidiary undertaking is recognised as an intangible asset if it is separable from the acquired business
or arises from contractual or legal rights, is expected to generate future economic benefits and its fair value can be measured reliably. An acquired
intangible asset is amortised through the Consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over its estimated economic life of between three
and ten years.

(c) Computer software
Computer software that is not integral to an item of property, plant or equipment is recognised separately as an intangible asset, and is amortised
through the Consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over its estimated economic life of between three and five years.

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Accounting policies (continued)

Impairment of non-current assets
All non-current assets are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that their carrying value may be impaired. Additionally,
goodwill and capitalised development expenditure relating to a product that is not yet in full production are subject to an annual impairment test.

An impairment loss is recognised in the Consolidated income statement to the extent that an asset’s carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount,
which represents the higher of the asset’s net realisable value and its value in use. An asset’s value in use represents the present value of the future
cash flows expected to be derived from the asset or from the cash generating unit to which it relates. The present value is calculated using a
discount rate that reflects the current market assessment of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset concerned.

Impairment losses recognised in previous periods for an asset other than goodwill are reversed if there has been a change in the estimates used to
determine the asset’s recoverable amount, but only to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed its carrying amount had no
impairment loss been recognised in previous periods. Impairment losses in respect of goodwill are not reversed.

Foreign currencies
The Group presents its accounts in Sterling. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate of exchange at the date of the transaction.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are reported at the rates prevailing at that date. Any
gain or loss arising from subsequent exchange rate movements is included as an exchange gain or loss in the Consolidated income statement.

Net assets of overseas subsidiary companies are expressed in Sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the end of the financial year, and trading
results and cash flows at the average rates of exchange for the financial year. Goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign business is treated
as an asset of the foreign entity and is translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the end of the financial year. Exchange gains or losses arising
on these translations are taken to the Translation reserve within Shareholders’ funds.

In the event that an overseas subsidiary is disposed of or closed, the profit or loss on disposal or closure will be determined after taking into account
the cumulative translation difference held within the Translation reserve attributable to that subsidiary. As permitted by IFRS 1, the Group has elected
to deem the Translation reserve to be £nil at 4 April 2004. Accordingly, the profit or loss on disposal or closure of foreign subsidiaries will not include
any currency translation differences which arose before 4 April 2004.

Financial instruments
The Group does not hold or issue derivatives for speculative or trading purposes, but uses forward foreign currency contracts to reduce its exposure
to exchange rate movements. Forward currency contracts are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently remeasured to their fair value at
each balance sheet date. The resultant gain or loss is recognised in the Consolidated income statement immediately.

The Group uses foreign currency borrowings to hedge its investment in foreign subsidiaries. The effective part of any gain or loss on these currency
borrowings is recognised directly in the Translation reserve within Shareholders’ funds. The ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the
Consolidated income statement.

Revenue
Revenue represents sales, less returns, by subsidiary companies to external customers excluding value added tax and other sales related taxes.
Transactions are recorded as revenue when the delivery of products or performance of services takes place in accordance with the contracted
terms of sale.

Provisions
A provision is a liability of uncertain timing or amount, and is recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of
past events, it is more likely than not that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount can be reliably estimated.

Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment is stated at historic cost less provisions for impairment and depreciation which, with the exception of freehold land
which is not depreciated, is provided on a straight-line basis over each asset’s estimated economic life. The principal annual rates used for this
purpose are:

Freehold buildings
Leasehold properties:
more than 50 years unexpired
less than 50 years unexpired
Plant, machinery and equipment
Motor vehicles
Short-life tooling

2%
Period of lease
8% to 20%
20%
331⁄3%

Leases
Leases that confer rights and obligations similar to those that attach to owned assets are classified as finance leases. All other leases are classified
as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are included within property, plant and equipment and initially measured at their fair value or, if lower, the present
value of the minimum lease payments, and a corresponding liability is recognised within the Consolidated balance sheet as obligations under
finance leases. Subsequently the assets are depreciated on a basis consistent with owned assets or over the term of the lease, if shorter. At the
inception of the lease, the lease rentals are apportioned between an interest element and a capital element so as to produce a constant periodic
rate of interest on the outstanding liability. Subsequently, the interest element is recognised as a charge to the Consolidated income statement and
the capital element is applied to reduce the outstanding liability.

Operating lease rentals, and any incentives receivable, are charged to the Consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

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Pensions
The Group makes contributions to various pension plans, covering the majority of its employees.

For defined benefit plans, the asset or liability recorded in the balance sheet is the difference between the fair value of the plans’ assets and the
present value of the defined obligation at that date. The defined benefit obligation is calculated separately for each plan on an annual basis by
independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method.

Actuarial gains and losses are recognised in full in the period in which they occur, and are taken to Shareholders’ funds.

Current and past service costs, along with the impact of any settlements or curtailments, are charged to the Consolidated income statement. Interest
on pension plans’ liabilities are recognised within finance expense and the expected return on the schemes’ assets are recognised within finance
income in the Consolidated income statement.

Contributions to defined contribution schemes are charged to the Consolidated income statement when they fall due.

Employee share schemes
Share-based incentives are provided to employees under the Group’s share incentive plan, the share option plans and the performance share plan.

(a) Share incentive plan
Awards of shares under the share incentive plan are made to qualifying employees depending on salary and service criteria. The shares awarded
under this plan are purchased in the market by the plan’s trustees at the time of the award, and are then held in trust for a minimum of three years.
The costs of this plan are recognised in the Consolidated income statement over the three-year vesting periods of the awards.

(b) Share option plans
All grants of options under the 1990 and 1996 share option plans and the 1999 company share option plan (together, the ‘share option plans’) are
equity settled, and so, as permitted by IFRS 1, the provisions of IFRS 2 ‘Share-Based Payment’ have been applied only to options awarded on or after
7 November 2002 which had not vested at 3 April 2005.

The fair value of awards under these plans has been measured at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model and will not be subsequently
remeasured. The fair value is charged to the Consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over the expected vesting period, based on the
Group’s estimate of shares that will ultimately vest and adjusted for the effect of non market-based vesting conditions. The corresponding credit is to
Shareholders’ funds.

No further awards will be made under the share option plans.

All awards under this plan are equity-settled and are subject to both market based and non-market based vesting criteria. Their fair value at the
date of grant is established by using an appropriate simulation method to reflect the likelihood of market-based performance conditions being met.
The fair value is charged to the Consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, with appropriate adjustments being
made during this period to reflect expected and actual forfeitures arising from the non-market based performance conditions only. The
corresponding credit is to Shareholders’ funds.

Inventories
Inventories and work in progress of subsidiary companies are included at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is calculated either
on a ‘first in, first out’ or an average cost basis and includes direct materials and the appropriate proportion of production and other overheads
considered by the Directors to be attributable to bringing the inventories to their location and condition at the year end. Net realisable value
represents the estimated selling price less all estimated costs to complete and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.

Taxation
Taxation comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated income statement except to the extent that it relates to items
recognised directly in Shareholders’ funds, in which case it is recognised in Shareholders’ funds. Current tax is the expected tax payable on the
taxable income for the year, using tax rates enacted or subsequently enacted at the balance sheet date, along with any adjustment to tax payable
in respect of previous years. Taxable profit differs from net profits as reported in the Consolidated income statement because it excludes items that
are never taxable or deductible.

Deferred tax is provided on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the
amounts used for taxation purposes and is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method, apart from the following differences which are
not provided for: goodwill not deductible for tax purposes; the initial recognition of assets or liabilities that affect neither accounting nor taxable
profits; differences relating to investments in subsidiaries to the extent they will probably not reverse in the foreseeable future. The amount of
deferred tax provided is based on the expected manner of realisation or settlement of the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, using tax
rates and laws which are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax assets are only
recognised to the extent that recovery is probable.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances, deposits with an initial maturity of less than three months, and bank overdrafts that are
repayable on demand.

Dividends
Dividends payable to the Company’s shareholders are recognised as a liability in the period in which the distribution is approved by the
Company’s shareholders.

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Notes to the accounts

1 Segmental analysis

Sector analysis

Infrastructure Sensors
Health and Analysis
Industrial Safety
Inter-segmental sales
Central companies
Continuing operations

Discontinued operations (note 6)
Net finance expense
Group revenue/profit before amortisation of acquired intangibles

Amortisation of acquired intangible assets
Profit on disposal of operations before tax (note 6)
Taxation
Revenue/profit for the year

Inter-segmental sales are charged at prevailing market prices.

Infrastructure Sensors
Health and Analysis
Industrial Safety
Central companies
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Cash and cash equivalents/borrowings
Goodwill
Acquired intangible assets
Total Group

2008
£000
167,262
134,630
93,731
(562)
–

395,061
2,894
–

397,955
–
–
–

Revenue

2007
£000
154,830
116,483
79,940
(134)
–

351,119
3,487
–

354,606
–
–
–

2008
£000
28,504
27,842
19,355
–
(778)

74,923
436
(2,144)

73,215
(4,757)
1,669
(19,843)

397,955

354,606

50,284

2008
£000
70,802
63,853
43,719
43,306

221,680
–
28,118
161,230
23,101

Assets

2007
£000
64,083
50,619
36,272
37,353

188,237
907
22,051
129,521
7,646

2008
£000
24,046
23,166
18,423
56,997

122,632
–
72,393
–
–

Profit

2007
£000
27,975
23,980
15,998
–
(516)

67,437
483
(1,829)

66,091
(3,458)
–
(18,622)

44,011

Liabilities

2007
£000
20,622
18,673
14,978
57,397

111,670
412
29,762
–
–

434,129

348,452

195,025

141,844

Central companies include all of the Group’s land and buildings, deferred tax assets and liabilities, deferred purchase consideration and retirement
benefit provisions.

Infrastructure Sensors
Health and Analysis
Industrial Safety
Central companies
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Total Group

Capital additions

Depreciation and
amortisation

2008
£000
5,567
7,005
3,681
3,264

19,517
18

19,535

2007
£000
4,348
5,689
3,525
1,170

14,732
61

14,793

2008
£000
3,777
3,695
3,165
5,188

15,825
55

15,880

2007
£000
3,529
2,579
2,715
4,255

13,078
55

13,133

Capital additions comprise purchases of computer software, property, plant and equipment and capitalised development costs. Central companies
include all of the continuing Group’s charge for amortisation of acquired intangible assets.

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1 Segmental analysis continued

Geographical analysis

United Kingdom
United States of America
Mainland Europe
Asia Pacific and Australasia
Africa, Near and Middle East
Other countries
Inter-segmental sales
Revenue from continuing operations

Discontinued operations (note 6)
Group revenue

Inter-segmental sales are charged at prevailing market prices.

United Kingdom
United States of America
Mainland Europe
Asia Pacific and Australasia
Operating profit from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles

Discontinued operations (note 6)
Net finance expense
Group profit before amortisation of acquired intangibles

Amortisation of acquired intangible assets
Profit on disposal of operations before tax (note 6)
Taxation
Profit for the year

United Kingdom
United States of America
Mainland Europe
Asia Pacific and Australasia
Continuing operations

Discontinued operations
Net debt
Goodwill
Acquired intangible assets
Total Group

Revenue by destination

Revenue by origin

2008
£000
109,253
103,013
107,883
42,859
22,136
9,917
–

395,061
2,894

397,955

2007
£000

2008
£000
96,556 228,090
115,932
96,173
61,709
91,371
19,422
35,481
–
22,027
–
9,511
(30,092)
–

351,119
3,487

395,061
2,894
354,606 397,955

2007
£000
199,859
107,407
56,047
18,277
–
–
(30,471)

351,119
3,487

354,606

2008
£000
37,608
22,710
12,597
2,008

74,923
436
(2,144)

73,215
(4,757)
1,669
(19,843)

50,284

Profit

2007
£000
32,626
21,775
10,860
2,176

67,437
483
(1,829)

66,091
(3,458)
–
(18,622)

44,011

Net assets

Capital additions

2008
£000
32,545
33,206
27,838
5,459

99,048
–
(44,275)
161,230
23,101

2007
£000
29,592
29,376
13,504
4,185

76,657
495
(7,711)
129,521
7,646

2008
£000
11,046
5,493
2,296
682

19,517
18
–
–
–

239,104

206,608

19,535

2007
£000
8,986
3,215
2,023
508

14,732
61
–
–
–

14,793

United Kingdom net assets include all of the Group’s retirement benefit provisions and their related deferred tax assets.

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Notes to the accounts (continued)

2 Earnings per ordinary share
Basic earnings per ordinary share are calculated using the weighted average of 372,769,853 shares in issue during the year (net of shares purchased
by the Company and held as treasury shares) (2007: 371,221,629). Diluted earnings per ordinary share are calculated using the weighted average of
374,604,505 shares (2007: 374,036,077) which includes dilutive potential ordinary shares of 1,834,652 (2007: 2,814,448). Dilutive potential ordinary
shares are calculated from those exercisable share options where the exercise price is less than the average price of the Company’s ordinary
shares during the year.

Earnings from continuing operations excludes the net profit from discontinued operations. Adjusted earnings is calculated as earnings from continuing
operations excluding the amortisation of acquired intangible assets after tax. The Directors consider that adjusted earnings represents a more
consistent measure of underlying performance. A reconciliation of earnings and the effect on basic earnings per share figures is as follows:

Earnings from continuing and discontinued operations
Remove earnings from discontinued operations
Earnings from continuing operations
Add back amortisation of acquired intangibles (after tax)
Adjusted earnings

3 Non-GAAP measures

Return on capital employed

Per ordinary share

2008
£000
50,284
(1,950)

48,334
3,344

51,678

2007
£000
44,011
(314)

43,697
2,393

46,090

2008
pence
13.49
(0.52)

12.97
0.89

13.86

2007
pence
11.86
(0.09)

11.77
0.65

12.42

Operating profit from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles
Operating profit from discontinued operations in prior period before amortisation of acquired intangibles
Operating return

Computer software costs within intangible assets
Capitalised development costs within intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other payables
Tax liabilities
Non-current trade and other payables
Add back retirement benefit accruals included within payables
Add back accrued deferred purchase consideration
Capital employed

Return on capital employed

2008
£000
74,923
–

74,923

1,911
8,240
57,452
44,267
99,741
(69,420)
(8,273)
(2,874)
2,087
1,189

134,320

55.8%

2007
£000
67,437
483

67,920

1,577
6,115
49,580
39,134
81,650
(62,590)
(6,043)
(3,005)
3,071
3,559

113,048

60.1%

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3 Non-GAAP measures continued

Return on total invested capital

Post-tax profit from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles
Post-tax profit from discontinued operations in prior period before amortisation of acquired intangibles
Return

Total shareholders’ funds
Add back retirement benefit accruals included within payables
Add back retirement benefit obligations
Less associated deferred tax assets
Cumulative amortisation of acquired intangibles
Goodwill on disposals
Goodwill amortised prior to 3 April 2004
Goodwill taken to reserves prior to 28 March 1998
Total invested capital

Return on total invested capital

2008
£000
51,678
–

51,678

239,104
2,087
35,957
(10,069)
10,112
5,441
13,177
70,931

2007
£000
46,090
314

46,404

206,608
3,071
37,260
(11,178)
5,348
5,441
13,177
70,931

366,740

330,658

14.1%

14.0%

Organic growth
Organic growth measures the change in revenue and profit from continuing Group operations. The effect of acquisitions made during the current or
prior financial year has been equalised by subtracting from the current year results a pro-rated contribution based on their revenue and profit at the
date of acquisition, and has been calculated as follows:

Continuing operations
Acquired revenue/profit

* Before amortisation of acquired intangible assets.

4 Finance income

Interest receivable
Expected return on pension scheme assets

5 Finance expense

Interest payable on bank loans and overdrafts
Interest charge on pension scheme liabilities
Other interest payable

2008
£000
395,061
(15,762)

379,299

2007
£000
351,119
–

351,119

Revenue

%
growth

2008
£000
72,779
(2,794)

8.0%

69,985

Profit* before taxation

2007
£000
65,608
–

65,608

%
growth

6.7%

2008
£000
721
7,438

8,159

2008
£000
2,474
7,664
165

10,303

2007
£000
1,035
6,237

7,272

2007
£000
1,890
7,103
108

9,101

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Notes to the accounts (continued)

6 Discontinued operations
The discontinued operations relate to Post Glover Lifelink, Inc. (‘PGL’) which was sold in January 2008. PGL is incorporated in the USA and formed part of
the Health and Analysis sector. PGL’s results, which have been included in the Consolidated income statement, were as follows:

Revenue
Operating expenses

Operating profit
Taxation

Profit from operations after taxation

Profit on disposal of operations
Exchange differences transferred to profit on disposal of operations

Profit on disposal of operations before and after taxation

2008
£000
2,894
(2,458)

436
(155)

281

1,733
(64)

1,669

2007
£000
3,487
(3,004)

483
(169)

314

–
–

–

Net profit from discontinued operations

1,950

314

The profit on disposal of operations includes gross disposal proceeds received and receivable of £3,035,000. The net cash inflow in the year on
disposal of operations was £2,405,000.

PGL’s net assets at the date of disposal were as follows:

Property, plant and equipment
Computer software
Inventories
Receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Payables

7 Profit before taxation
Profit before taxation comprises:

Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross profit
Distribution costs
Administrative expenses
Other operating income
Net finance expense

Profit before taxation

£000
579
16
303
547
80
(520)

1,005

2007

Total
Group
£000
354,606
(239,128)

115,478
(8,573)
(43,219)
776
(1,829)

62,633

Continuing
operations
£000
395,061
(266,577)

128,484
(9,124)
(50,118)
924
(2,144)

68,022

Discontinued
operations
£000
2,894
(2,082)

812
(102)
(274)
–
–

436

2008

Total
Group
£000
397,955
(268,659)

129,296
(9,226)
(50,392)
924
(2,144)

68,458

Continuing
operations
£000
351,119
(236,576)

114,543
(8,447)
(42,893)
776
(1,829)

62,150

Discontinued
operations
£000
3,487
(2,552)

935
(126)
(326)
–
–

483

Included within administrative expenses is the amortisation of acquired intangible assets.

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7 Profit before taxation (continued)

Profit before taxation is stated after charging:
Depreciation
Amortisation
Research and development1
Auditors’ remuneration2:

Audit services to the Company
Audit services to the Group

Operating lease rents:

Total audit services pursuant to legislation
Other services pursuant to legislation
Tax services
Other services
Property
Other

Continuing operations

Total Group

2008
£000
8,462
7,363
14,839
88
527

615
12
254
16
3,916
473

2007
£000
7,589
5,489
11,365
79
503

582
14
87
20
3,938
394

2008
£000
8,511
7,369
14,886
88
531

619
12
254
16
3,916
473

2007
£000
7,636
5,497
11,422
79
507

586
14
87
20
3,938
394

1. A further £3,796,000 (2007: £3,893,000) of development expenditure has been capitalised in the period. See note 13.
2. A further £20,000 (2007: £nil) of non-audit fees paid to the auditors in respect of acquisition advice have been included in cost of investments. In addition, the auditors received £12,000 (2007: £12,000) for

their audit of the Halma Group Pension Plan.

8 Employee information

The average number of persons employed by the Group (including Directors) was:

United Kingdom
Overseas

Group employee costs comprise:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs (note 28)

Continuing operations

2008
Number

2007
Number

2008
Number

Total Group

2007
Number

2,002
1,661

3,663

1,926
1,374

3,300

2,002
1,681

3,683

1,926
1,400

3,326

Continuing operations

Total Group

2008
£000
89,698
13,199
5,538

2007
£000
76,154
11,060
5,289

2008
£000
90,199
13,317
6,197

108,435

92,503

109,713

2007
£000
76,799
11,221
5,317

93,337

9 Directors’ remuneration
The remuneration of the Directors, who are the key management personnel of the Group, is set out on pages 46 to 48 within the Remuneration
report described as being audited and forms part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the accounts (continued)

10 Taxation

Current tax
UK corporation tax at 30% (2007: 30%)
Overseas taxation
Adjustments in respect of prior years

Total current tax charge

Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
Adjustments in respect of prior years

Total deferred tax charge

Tax on profit from continuing operations
Tax on profit from discontinued operations

Total tax charge recognised in the Consolidated income statement

Reconciliation of the effective tax rate:
Profit before tax – continuing operations
Profit before tax – discontinued operations

Tax at the UK corporation tax rate of 30% (2007: 30%)
Overseas tax rate differences
Items not subject to tax
Adjustments in respect of prior years

Effective tax rate on continuing and discontinued operations

11 Ordinary dividends

Amounts recognised as distributions to shareholders in the year
Final dividend for the year to 31 March 2007 (1 April 2006)
Interim dividend for the year to 29 March 2008 (31 March 2007)

Dividends declared in respect of the year
Interim dividend for the year to 29 March 2008 (31 March 2007)
Proposed final dividend for the year to 29 March 2008 (31 March 2007)

2008
£000

2007
£000

8,970
10,046
(74)

18,942

462
284

746

19,688
155

19,843

68,022
2,105

70,127

21,038
633
(2,038)
210

19,843

28.3%

8,651
8,985
69

17,705

622
126

748

18,453
169

18,622

62,150
483

62,633

18,790
1,141
(1,504)
195

18,622

29.7%

Per ordinary share

2008
pence

2007
pence

2008
£000

2007
£000

4.33
3.00

7.33

3.00
4.55

7.55

4.12
2.85

6.97

2.85
4.33

7.18

16,139
11,190

27,329

11,190
16,982

28,172

15,308
10,614

25,922

10,614
16,139

26,753

The proposed final dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and has not been included as a liability in these
financial statements.

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12 Goodwill

Cost
At beginning of year
Additions (note 24)
Exchange adjustments

At end of year
Provision for impairment
At beginning and end of year
Carrying amounts

2008
£000

2007
£000

129,521
22,695
9,014

161,230

122,038
13,955
(6,472)

129,521

–

161,230

129,521

Goodwill is allocated at acquisition to the business units that are expected to benefit from that acquisition. The carrying amount of goodwill has been
allocated as follows:

Infrastructure Sensors
Health and Analysis
Industrial Safety

2008
£000
74,303
64,289
22,638

2007
£000
68,172
41,464
19,885

161,230

129,521

Goodwill values have been tested for impairment by comparing them against the value in use in perpetuity of the relevant cash generating units.
The value in use calculations were based on projected cash flows, derived from the latest budget approved by the Board, with average growth rates
of 2.3% used for periods not covered by the budget, discounted at the Group’s estimated weighted average cost of capital of 8.4% per annum to
calculate their net present value.

The most significant elements of the Group’s consolidated goodwill figure at 29 March 2008 were allocated to: Texecom Limited (£15,795,000) and
Bureau D’Electronique Appliquée S.A. (£40,746,000) within the Infrastructure Sensors sector; Ocean Optics, Inc. (£21,704,000) and Rudolf Riester
GmbH & Co. KG (£22,492,000) within the Health and Analysis sector; and Tritech International Limited (£7,804,000) within the Industrial Safety sector.

13 Other intangible assets

Cost
At 1 April 2006
Assets of businesses acquired
Additions at cost
Disposals
Retirements
Exchange adjustments
At 31 March 2007
Assets of businesses acquired (note 24)
Assets of business sold
Additions at cost
Disposals
Retirements
Exchange adjustments

At 29 March 2008

Acquired
intangibles
£000

Development
costs
£000

Computer
software
£000

9,006
4,049
–
–
–
(172)
12,883
18,472
–
–
–
–
1,858

7,915
–
3,893
–
(1,240)
(92)
10,476
–
–
3,796
–
(903)
411

3,521
213
847
(184)
–
(122)
4,275
130
(60)
952
(23)
–
115

Total
£000

20,442
4,262
4,740
(184)
(1,240)
(386)
27,634
18,602
(60)
4,748
(23)
(903)
2,384

33,213

13,780

5,389

52,382

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E
V
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E
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W
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V
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G
E
G
E
C
O
C
N
O
V
N
A
V
E
A
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N
R
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R
N
N
A
A
N
N
C
C
E
E

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A
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C
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A
L
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T
A
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M
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N
A
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I
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F

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N
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E
M
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T
A
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Notes to the accounts (continued)

13 Other intangible assets continued

Accumulated amortisation
At 1 April 2006
Assets of businesses acquired
Charge for the year
Disposals
Retirements
Exchange adjustments
At 31 March 2007
Assets of businesses acquired (note 24)
Assets of business sold
Charge for the year
Disposals
Retirements
Exchange adjustments

At 29 March 2008
Carrying amounts

At 29 March 2008
At 31 March 2007

14 Property, plant and equipment

Cost
At 1 April 2006
Assets of businesses acquired
Additions at cost
Disposals
Exchange adjustments
At 31 March 2007
Assets of businesses acquired (note 24)
Assets of businesses sold
Additions at cost
Disposals
Exchange adjustments
At 29 March 2008
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 April 2006
Assets of businesses acquired
Charge for the year
Disposals
Exchange adjustments
At 31 March 2007
Assets of businesses acquired (note 24)
Assets of businesses sold
Charge for the year
Disposals
Exchange adjustments
At 29 March 2008
Carrying amounts
At 29 March 2008
At 31 March 2007

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Acquired
intangibles
£000

Development
costs
£000

Computer
software
£000

1,880
–
3,458
–
–
(101)
5,237
–
–
4,757
–
–
118

10,112

4,088
–
1,528
–
(1,240)
(15)
4,361
–
–
1,981
–
(903)
101

2,308
114
511
(164)
–
(71)
2,698
121
(44)
631
(11)
–
83

5,540

3,478

Total
£000

8,276
114
5,497
(164)
(1,240)
(187)
12,296
121
(44)
7,369
(11)
(903)
302

19,130

23,101
7,646

8,240
6,115

1,911
1,577

33,252
15,338

Land and buildings

Freehold
properties
£000

28,133
1,554
248
(3,243)
(750)
25,942
1,315
(624)
3,724
(390)
779
30,746

5,160
31
445
(558)
(139)
4,939
130
(190)
490
(134)
99
5,334

Long leases
£000

Short leases
£000

1,775
–
64
(262)
(19)
1,558
17
–
34
–
4
1,613

591
–
45
(150)
(15)
471
8
–
53
–
3
535

3,312
–
378
(11)
(96)
3,583
–
–
886
–
72
4,541

1,854
–
306
(10)
(63)
2,087
–
–
374
–
31
2,492

Plant,
equipment
and vehicles
£000

69,980
3,486
9,363
(9,129)
(2,114)
71,586
3,280
(348)
10,143
(3,200)
1,739
83,200

45,541
3,137
6,840
(8,652)
(1,274)
45,592
2,686
(203)
7,594
(2,523)
1,141
54,287

Total
£000

103,200
5,040
10,053
(12,645)
(2,979)
102,669
4,612
(972)
14,787
(3,590)
2,594
120,100

53,146
3,168
7,636
(9,370)
(1,491)
53,089
2,824
(393)
8,511
(2,657)
1,274
62,648

25,412
21,003

1,078
1,087

2,049
1,496

28,913
25,994

57,452
49,580

15 Inventories

Raw materials and consumables
Work in progress
Finished goods and goods for resale

16 Trade and other receivables

Falling due within one year:
Trade receivables
Other receivables
Prepayments and accrued income

2008
£000
22,412
8,075
13,780

44,267

2007
£000
19,270
7,094
12,770

39,134

2008
£000

2007
£000

89,105
3,282
7,354

99,741

74,788
1,875
4,987

81,650

Trade receivables are stated net of provisions for estimated irrecoverable amounts of £1,204,000 (2007: £1,034,000). This provision has been
determined by reference to previous default experience.

The ageing of trade receivables was as follows:

Not yet due
Up to 1 month overdue
Up to 2 months overdue
Up to 3 months overdue
Over 3 months overdue

17 Borrowings

Unsecured bank loans:
Falling due within one year
Falling due after more than one year

Total borrowings

Information concerning the currency, interest rates and maturity of the Group’s borrowings is given in note 26 to the accounts.

18 Trade and other payables: falling due within one year

Trade payables
Other taxation and social security
Provision for deferred purchase consideration
Other payables
Accruals and deferred income

19 Trade and other payables: falling due after one year

Provision for deferred purchase consideration
Other payables

2008
£000
68,597
14,162
3,568
1,239
1,539

89,105

2007
£000
56,551
13,365
2,652
920
1,300

74,788

2008
£000

2007
£000

7,035
65,358

72,393

29,762
–

29,762

2008
£000
40,081
4,838
1,082
3,816
19,603

2007
£000
34,677
4,016
2,867
4,283
16,747

69,420

62,590

2008
£000
107
2,767

2,874

2007
£000
692
2,313

3,005

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Notes to the accounts (continued)

20 Deferred tax
An analysis of Group deferred tax is as follows:

Employee benefits
Acquired intangible assets
Accelerated capital allowances
Short-term timing differences
Goodwill timing differences

Net deferred tax asset

This has been recognised in the Consolidated balance sheet as follows:

Non-current deferred tax assets
Non-current deferred tax liabilities

Net deferred tax asset

Movement in deferred tax asset:

At beginning of year
Credit/(charge) to Consolidated income statement:
UK
Overseas
Charge to Shareholders’ funds
Acquired
Exchange adjustments

At end of year

2008
£000
10,069
(7,726)
(3,143)
6,929
(2,168)

3,961

2008
£000
10,069
(6,108)

3,961

2008
£000
7,994

85
(831)
(226)
(2,785)
(276)

3,961

2007
£000
11,178
(2,255)
(3,067)
3,799
(1,661)

7,994

2007
£000
11,178
(3,184)

7,994

2007
£000
10,587

(414)
(334)
(1,396)
(536)
87

7,994

No provision is made for tax which might become payable if profits retained by overseas subsidiary companies are distributed as dividends unless
there is an intention to distribute such profits. The gross undistributed earnings of these subsidiaries at 29 March 2008 was £15,312,000.

At 29 March 2008 the Group had unused capital tax losses of £695,000 (2007: £1,793,000) for which no deferred tax asset has been recognised.
None of these losses has an expiry date.

21 Share capital

Ordinary shares of 10p each

The number of ordinary shares in issue at 29 March 2008 was 374,458,498 (2007: 373,116,492).

Changes during the year in the issued ordinary share capital were as follows:

At 31 March 2007
Share options exercised

At 29 March 2008

Authorised

Issued and fully paid

2008
£000
43,656

2007
£000
43,656

2008
£000
37,446

2007
£000
37,312

Issued and fully paid
£000
37,312
134

37,446

The total consideration received in cash in respect of share options exercised amounted to £1,844,000.

At 29 March 2008 options in respect of 8,388,631 (2007: 10,451,523) ordinary shares remained outstanding. Further details of these are given in note
23 to the accounts.

At the date of these accounts, the number of ordinary shares in issue was 374,796,280, including treasury shares of 1,563,813.

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22 Reserves

At 1 April 2006
Profit for the year
Share options exercised
Foreign exchange translation differences
Dividends paid
Actuarial gains on defined benefit pension schemes
Share-based payments
Treasury shares purchased
Tax on items taken directly to equity
At 31 March 2007
Profit for the year
Share options exercised
Foreign exchange translation differences
Exchange differences transferred to profit on disposal of foreign operations
Dividends paid
Actuarial losses on defined benefit pension schemes
Share-based payments
Treasury shares purchased
Tax on items taken directly to equity

At 29 March 2008

Share
premium
account
£000
10,702
–
4,537
–
–
–
–
–
–
15,239
–
1,710
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

16,949

Treasury
shares
£000
(379)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1,285)
–
(1,664)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1,628)
–

(3,292)

Capital
redemption
reserve
£000
185
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
185
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Translation
reserve
£000
5,944
–
–
(10,216)
–
–
–
–
–
(4,272)
–
–
11,352
64
–
–
–
–
–

Other
reserves
£000
1,592
–
–
–
–
–
2,062
–
–
3,654
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,452
–
–

Retained
earnings
£000
133,103
44,011
–
–
(25,922)
7,084
–
–
(2,122)
156,154
50,284
–
–
–
(27,329)
(3,886)
–
–
343

185

7,144

5,106

175,566

Treasury shares are ordinary shares in Halma p.l.c. purchased by the Company and held to fulfil the Company’s obligations under the performance
share plan. At 29 March 2008 the number of treasury shares held was 1,563,813 (2007: 805,635) and their market value was £2,994,702 (2007:
£1,774,441).

The capital redemption reserve was created on repurchase and cancellation of the Company’s own shares.

The translation reserve is used to record differences arising from the retranslation of the financial statements of foreign operations.

The other reserve represents the provision being established in respect of the value of the equity-settled share option plans and performance
share plan.

23 Share-based payments
The total cost recognised in the Consolidated income statement in respect of equity-settled share-based payment schemes (the ‘employee share
plans’) was as follows:

Share incentive plan
Share option plans
Performance share plan

2008
£000
251
204
1,658

2,113

2007
£000
270
363
974

1,607

Share incentive plan
Shares awarded under this plan are purchased in the market by the Plan’s trustees at the time of the award and are held in trust until their transfer
to qualifying employees, which is conditional upon completion of three years’ service. The costs of providing this plan are recognised in the
Consolidated income statement over the three-year vesting period.

Share option plans
The Group has issued options to acquire ordinary shares in the Company under three share option plans, approved by shareholders in 1990, 1996
and 1999. These share option plans provide for the grant of two categories of option, both of which are subject to performance criteria.

Section A options are exercisable after three years if the Group’s earnings per share growth exceeds, for the 1990 Plan, the growth in the Retail Price
Index, for the 1996 Plan, the growth in the Retail Price Index plus 2% per annum and, for the 1999 Plan, the growth in the Retail Price Index plus 3%
per annum. Section B options are exercisable after five years if the Company’s earnings per share growth exceeds the earnings per share of, for the
1990 and 1996 Plans, all but the top quarter of companies which were within the FTSE 100 at the date of grant of any option and for the 1999 Plan, all
but the top quarter of companies which were within a peer group at the date of grant of any option.

All options lapse if not exercised within ten years from the date of grant.

No further awards have been made under the Company share option plans since 3 August 2005.

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A
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Notes to the accounts (continued)

23 Share-based payments continued
Options in respect of 18,900 ordinary shares remained outstanding at 29 March 2008 under the 1990 Plan. Subject to the performance restrictions
on the exercise of options granted under this Plan, options are exercisable for the periods and at the prices set out below:

Number of shares
18,900

Option price
129.0p

Seven years
from
2002

Options in respect of 1,126,300 ordinary shares remained outstanding at 29 March 2008 under the 1996 Plan. Subject to the performance restrictions
on the exercise of options granted under this Plan, options are exercisable for the periods and at the prices set out below:

Number of shares
105,500
246,500
262,900
511,400

Option price
101.5p – 123.5p
120.0p
101.5p – 123.5p
120.0p – 131.0p

Five years
from

Seven years
from
2001
2002

2003
2004

Options in respect of 7,243,431 ordinary shares remained outstanding at 29 March 2008 under the 1999 Plan. Subject to the performance restrictions
on the exercise of options granted under this Plan, options are exercisable for the periods and at the prices set out below:

Number of shares
361,200
443,200
491,164
759,080
1,097,567
741,042
615,900
486,500
688,250
747,350
812,178

Option price
111.0p
163.5p
144.33p
134.0p
142.25p
145.67 – 157.92p
111.0p
163.5p
144.33p
134.0p
142.25p

Five years
from

Seven years
from
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

A summary of the movements in options issued under the share option plans is as follows:

Outstanding at beginning of year
Exercised during the year
Lapsed during the year

Outstanding at end of year

Exercisable at end of year

Number of share
options
10,451,523
(1,342,006)
(720,886)

8,388,631

3,779,803

2008

Weighted
average option
price
136.50p
139.80p
130.21p

2007

Number of share
options
15,199,515
(3,785,812)
(962,180)

Weighted average
option price
134.62p
129.84p
133.04p

136.87p

138.96p

10,451,523

3,103,904

136.50p

136.74p

The weighted average share price at the date of exercise for share options exercised during the year was 220.30p.

The options outstanding at 29 March 2008 had exercise prices from 101.5p to 163.5p and a weighted average remaining contractual life of
four years.

Under the transitional provisions of IFRS 1 only the options awarded in 2004, 2005 and 2006 under the 1999 Plan have been recognised under IFRS 2.
The fair value of these options was calculated using the Black-Scholes model using the following assumptions:

Option section
Dividend yield
Expected volatility
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Option price (p)
Fair value per option (p)

2006
A
4%
25%
4
4.1%
145.67
24.70

A
4%
25%
4
4.3–4.9%
142.25–157.92
25.71-27.22

2005
B
4%
25%
6
4.9%
142.25
29.25

A
4%
25%
4
3.8%
134.00
22.18

2004
B
4%
25%
6
4.0%
134.00
25.35

The expected volatility was determined by calculating the historic volatility of the Group’s share price over the previous six years.

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23 Share-based payments continued

Performance share plan
The performance share plan was approved by shareholders on 3 August 2005 and replaced the previous share option plans from which no further
grants will be made.

Awards made under this Plan vest after three years on a sliding scale subject to the Group’s relative Total Shareholder Return against, for 2007/08
and 2006/07, the FTSE 250 excluding financial companies and, for 2005/06, the Engineering and Machinery sector, combined with an absolute
Return on total invested capital measure. Awards which do not vest on the third anniversary of their award lapse.

A summary of the movements in share awards granted under the performance share plan is as follows:

Outstanding at beginning of year
Granted during the year
Vested during the year (pro-rated for ‘good leavers’)
Lapsed during the year

Outstanding at end of year

Exercisable at end of year

2008
Number of
shares awarded
3,361,308
1,379,707
(17,662)
(229,659)

2007
Number of
shares awarded
1,735,252
1,689,658
(4,921)
(58,681)

4,493,694

3,361,308

–

The fair value of these awards was calculated using an appropriate simulation method to reflect the likelihood of the market-based performance
conditions, which attach to half of the award, being met, using the following assumptions:

Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Share price on date of grant (p)
Option price (p)
Fair value per option (%)
Fair value per option (p)

2008
19%
3
240.67
nil
55%
132.37

2007
20%
3
199.00
nil
66%
131.34

2006
25%
3
148.42
nil
46%
68.27

The expected volatility was determined by calculating the historic volatility of the Group’s share price over the previous three years.

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N
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C
O
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N
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A
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A
E
N
R
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N
N
A
A
N
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F
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A
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F
L
N
A
I
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C
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A
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A
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A
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E
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-
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A
-
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A
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N
N
E
N
A
N
T
A
N
S
T
N
I
S
F
I
F

S
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T
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N
N
E
M
E
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-
E
T
A
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E
T
A
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Notes to the accounts (continued)

24 Acquisitions

Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Deferred tax
Total liabilities

Net assets of businesses acquired

Cash consideration, including costs
Deferred purchase consideration
Total consideration

Goodwill arising on current year acquisitions
Goodwill arising on prior year acquisitions
Goodwill arising on acquisition

Book value
£000

Fair value
adjustments
£000

Total
£000

9
1,938

2,940
3,983
295

9,165

(2,177)
26

(2,151)

7,014

18,472
(150)

18,481
1,788

(696)
(146)
–

2,244
3,837
295

17,480

26,645

(480)
(2,811)

(3,291)

(2,657)
(2,785)

(5,442)

14,189

21,203

42,780
–

42,780

21,577
1,118

22,695

The values relating to the acquisitions of PP Medizintechnik GmbH and subsidiaries (including the operating company Rudolf Riester GmbH & Co. KG
‘Riester’) included in the table above were: net assets at book value £5,785,000; fair value adjustments £13,467,000; total net assets £19,252,000;
total consideration £39,610,000; goodwill arising on acquisition £20,358,000.

The goodwill on current year acquisitions arose on the following acquisitions:

Company
BKKI
Sonar Research & Development Ltd
PP Medizintechnik GmbH
and subsidiaries

Date of acquisition
September 2007
October 2007

Country of incorporation
China
United Kingdom

Principal activity
Industrial Safety
Industrial Safety

Initial consideration
RMB3.8m
£2.6m

December 2007

Germany

Health and Analysis

€55m

Together these acquisitions contributed £5,225,000 of revenue and £1,150,000 of profit before tax and amortisation of acquired intangible assets to
the Group results for the year ended 29 March 2008. If these acquisitions had been held since the start of the financial year,
reported revenue would have been £11,700,000 higher and profit before tax and amortisation of acquired intangible assets £2,170,000 higher.

it is estimated the Group’s

Adjustments were made to the book value of the net assets of the companies acquired to reflect their provisional fair value to the Group. Acquired
inventories were valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value adopting Group bases and any liabilities for warranties relating to past trading
were recognised. Other previously unrecognised assets and liabilities at acquisition were included and accounting policies were aligned with the
Group where appropriate.

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25 Notes to the consolidated cash flow statement

Reconciliation of profit from operations to net cash inflow from operating activities
Profit from continuing operations before taxation
Profit from discontinued operations before taxation
Depreciation and amortisation of computer software
Amortisation of capitalised development costs
Amortisation of acquired intangible assets
Share-based payment expense in excess of amounts paid
Additional payments to pension plans
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment and computer software

Operating cash flows before movement in working capital
Increase in inventories
Increase in receivables
Increase in payables
Cash generated from operations
Taxation paid
Net cash inflow from operating activities

2008
£000

2007
£000

70,166
436
9,142
1,981
4,757
1,997
(6,352)
(1,186)

80,941
(2,278)
(9,605)
6,970

76,028
(17,627)

58,401

63,979
483
8,147
1,528
3,458
1,317
(4,233)
(314)

74,365
(1,648)
(3,673)
1,215

70,259
(19,505)

50,754

The cash outflow of £46,537,000 on the acquisition of businesses includes cash acquired of £295,000 and the payment of £3,650,000 of deferred
purchase consideration which arose from acquisitions made in earlier years, and where provision was made in prior years’ financial statements.

Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net cash/(debt)
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash inflow from borrowings
Exchange adjustments

Net (debt)/cash brought forward

Net debt carried forward

Analysis of net debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Bank loans

2008
£000

2007
£000

4,492
(37,796)
(3,260)

(36,564)
(7,711)

(44,275)

(11,066)
–
(163)

(11,229)
3,518

(7,711)

At 31 March
2007
£000

22,051
(29,762)

(7,711)

Cash flow
£000

4,492
(37,796)

(33,304)

Exchange
adjustments
£000

At 29 March
2008
£000

1,575
(4,835)

(3,260)

28,118
(72,393)

(44,275)

The cash inflow from bank loans in 2008 of £37,796,000 included a cash outflow on repayment of borrowings of £54,205,000 and a cash inflow on
drawdown of new borrowings of £92,001,000.

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Notes to the accounts (continued)

26 Financial instruments

Policy
The Group’s treasury policies seek to minimise financial risks and to ensure sufficient liquidity for the Group’s operations and strategic plans. No
complex derivative financial instruments are used, and no trading or speculative transactions in financial instruments are undertaken. Where the
Group does use financial instruments these are mainly to manage the currency risks arising from normal operations and its financing. Operations
are financed mainly through retained profits and, in certain geographical locations, bank borrowings. Foreign currency risk is the most significant
aspect for the Group in the area of financial instruments. It is exposed to a lesser extent to other risks such as interest rate risk and liquidity risk. The
Board reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks and these policies are summarised below. Policies have remained unchanged
since the beginning of the financial year.

Foreign currency risk
The Group is exposed to foreign currency risk as a consequence of both trading with foreign companies and owning subsidiaries located in
foreign countries.

The Group earns a significant proportion of its profit in currencies other than Sterling. This gives rise to translational currency risk, where the Sterling
value of profits earned by the Group’s foreign subsidiaries fluctuates with the strength of Sterling relative to their operating (or ‘functional’) currency.
The Group does not hedge this risk, so its reported profit is sensitive to the strength of Sterling, particularly against the US Dollar and Euro. The Group
also has transactional currency exposures. These arise on sales or purchases by operating companies in currencies other than the companies’
operating (or ‘functional’) currency. Significant sales and purchases are matched where possible and the net exposure hedged by means of forward
foreign currency contracts.

The Group has a significant investment in overseas operations in the USA and Europe, with further investments in Australia, New Zealand,
Malaysia, Singapore, China, India and South Africa. As a result, the Group’s balance sheet can be affected by movements in these countries’
exchange rates. Where significant and appropriate, currency denominated net assets are hedged by currency borrowings. These currency
exposures are reviewed regularly.

Interest rate risk
The Group is exposed to interest rate fluctuations on its borrowings and cash deposits. Where bank borrowings are used to finance operations they
tend to be short-term with floating interest rates. Borrowings used to provide longer term funding are drawn on the Group’s loan facilities and have
fixed interest rates with maturities of not more than one year.

Surplus funds are placed on short-term fixed rate deposit or in floating rate deposit accounts.

Liquidity risk
The main source of long-term funding for the Group is its unsecured revolving credit facility, which was renewed in February 2008 for a further
five years with a small syndicate of its principal bankers and extended to £165 million.

The Group has a strong cash flow and the funds generated by operating companies are managed regionally based on geographic location.
Funds are placed on deposit with secure, highly-rated banks. For short-term working capital purposes, most operating companies utilise local
bank overdrafts. These practices allow a balance to be maintained between continuity of funding, security and flexibility. Because of the nature
of their use, the facilities are typically ‘on demand’ and as such uncommitted. Overdraft facilities are typically renewed annually.

Currency exposures
Translational exposures
It is estimated, by reference to the Group’s US Dollar and Euro denominated profits, that a one per cent change in the value of the US Dollar relative
to Sterling would have had a £225,000 impact on the Group’s reported profit before tax; and a one per cent change in the value of the Euro relative
to the Sterling would have had a £160,000 impact on the Group’s profit before tax for the year ended 29 March 2008.

Transactional exposures
The table below shows the Group’s net foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities. These are the assets and liabilities of Group companies
which are not denominated in the functional currency of the company involved. They comprise cash and overdrafts, and certain debtors and
creditors. These foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities give rise to the net currency gains and losses recognised in the Consolidated
income statement as a result of movement in exchange rates. As at year end these exposures were as follows:

2008
Functional currency of operation
Sterling
US Dollar
Euro
Other

Total

2007
Functional currency of operation
Sterling
US Dollar
Euro
Other
Total

Sterling
£000
–
(7)
411
(37)

367

Sterling
£000
–
(8)
175
224
391

Net foreign currency monetary assets/(liabilities)

US Dollar
£000
685
–
192
1,335

2,212

Euro
£000
1,637
(10)
–
113

1,740

Other
£000
(521)
–
(8)
655

126

Total
£000
1,801
(17)
595
2,066

4,445

Net foreign currency monetary assets/(liabilities)

US Dollar
£000
839
–
(5)
1,038
1,872

Euro
£000
678
(9)
–
(43)
626

Other
£000
84
–
187
343
614

Total
£000
1,601
(17)
357
1,562
3,503

The amounts shown in the tables above take into account the effect of any forward currency contracts entered into to manage these currency exposures.

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26 Financial instruments continued

Interest rate risk profile
The Group’s financial assets which are subject to interest rate fluctuations comprise interest bearing cash equivalents which totalled £3,166,000 at
29 March 2008 (2007: £5,901,000). These comprised Sterling denominated deposits of £2,946,000 (2007: £5,780,000), and Euro and other currency
deposits of £220,000 (2007: £121,000) which are placed on local money markets and earn interest at market rates. Cash balances of £24,952,000
(2007: £16,150,000) earn interest at local market rates.

The financial liabilities which are subject to interest rate fluctuations are bank loans, bank overdrafts and certain unsecured loans, which totalled
£72,394,000 at 29 March 2008 (2007: £29,762,000). All bear interest at floating rates or fixed rates where the period of the fix is typically no more
than three months. Interest rates are based on LIBOR plus a small margin. These comprise Sterling bank loans of £9,000,000 (2007:£nil) which bear
interest with reference to UK LIBOR rates, US Dollar denominated bank loans of £23,116,000 (2007: £16,327,000) which bear interest with reference
to the US Dollar LIBOR rates, and Euro denominated bank loans of £40,278,000 (2007: £13,435,000) which bear interest with reference to the Euro
LIBOR rates.

Maturity of financial liabilities
With the exception of the deferred purchase consideration and other payables due after one year, all of the Group’s financial liabilities mature in one
year or less or on demand. The total of deferred purchase consideration due after one year includes £67,000 (2007: £603,000) due between one
and two years, with the balance of £40,000 (2007: £89,000) due between two and five years. Other creditors due after more than one year include
£1,000,000 (2007: £1,017,000) due between one and two years, £1,299,000 (2007: £1,296,000) due between two and five years, with the balance of
£468,000 (2007: £nil) due after more than five years.

Borrowing facilities
The Group’s principal source of long-term funding is its unsecured five-year £165 million revolving credit facility, which expires in February 2013.

Short-term operational funding is provided by cash generated from operations and by local bank overdrafts. These overdraft facilities are
uncommitted and are generally renewed on an annual or ongoing basis and hence the facilities expire within one year or less.

The Group’s indrawn committed facilities available at 29 March 2008 were £105,872,000 of which £6,230,000 mature within one year and
£99,642,000 between four and five years.

Fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities
As at 29 March 2008 there was no significant difference between the book value and fair value (as determined by market value) of the Group’s
financial assets and liabilities.

Hedging
As explained above, the Group’s policy is to hedge significant sales and purchases denominated in foreign currency using forward currency
contracts. These instruments are initially recognised at cost, which is typically £nil, and subsequently measured at fair value. Changes in fair
value are taken to the Consolidated income statement.

The following table details the forward foreign currency contracts outstanding as at the year end, which all mature within one year:

US Dollars
Euros
Other currencies

Average Exchange Rate/£

Foreign Currency

Contract Value

Fair Value

2008

1.98
1.31
–

2007

1.95
1.48
–

2008
‘000
5,051
10,069
–

2007
‘000
6,892
9,091
–

2008
£000
2,550
7,680
1,928

12,158

2007
£000
3,527
6,138
1,891

11,556

2008
£000
11
(311)
62

(238)

2007
£000
10
(46)
(10)

(46)

With the exception of currency exposures, the disclosures in this note exclude short-term receivables and payables.

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Notes to the accounts (continued)

27 Commitments

Capital commitments
Capital expenditure authorised and contracted at 29 March 2008 but not provided in these accounts amounts to £1,469,000 (2007: £1,076,000).

Commitments under operating leases
Annual payments under non-cancellable operating leases will be made as follows:

Within one year
Within two to five years
After five years

Land and buildings

2008
£000
3,831
9,133
3,469

2007
£000
3,879
8,054
1,475

2008
£000
456
624
–

16,433

13,408

1,080

Other

2007
£000
289
320
–

609

28 Retirement benefits
Group companies operate both defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. The Halma Group Pension Plan and the Apollo Pension and
Life Assurance Plan have defined benefit sections with assets held in separate trustee administered funds. Both of these sections were closed to new
entrants during 2002/03 and a defined contribution section was established within the Halma Group Pension Plan. Defined contribution schemes
are mainly adopted in overseas subsidiaries.

Full actuarial valuations of the defined benefit plans are carried out every three years. The Halma Group Pension Plan was last assessed as at
1 December 2005, and the Apollo Pension and Life Assurance Plan as at 1 April 2006, using the projected unit method. At those dates the market
value of the plan assets were £71.5m for the Halma Group Pension Plan and £13.8m for the Apollo Pension and Life Assurance Plan. The actuarial
value of these assets represented 60% and 59% respectively of the benefits that had accrued to members after allowing for expected future
increases in earnings. These shortfalls are being addressed by increased company contributions.

Defined contribution schemes
The amount charged to the Consolidated income statement in respect of defined contribution schemes was £2,016,000 (2007: £1,592,000).

Defined benefit schemes
The assumptions used to calculate scheme liabilities are:

Rate of increase in salaries
Rate of increase of pensions in payment (pre-April 1997)
Rate of increase of pensions in payment (post-April 1997)
Discount rate
Inflation assumption

Mortality assumption – Halma pensioners

2008
4.75%
3.50%
3.50%
5.85%
3.50%
PA 92 medium cohort

2007
4.25%
3.00%
3.00%
5.25%
3.00%

PA 92 medium cohort

Mortality assumption – Halma non-pensioners

PA 92 medium cohort

Mortality assumption – Apollo pensioners

Mortality assumption – Apollo non-pensioners

PA 92 medium cohort
plus one year
PA 92 medium cohort
plus one year

PA 92 medium cohort
plus one year

2006
4.25%
2.75%
2.75%
5.00%
2.75%

PA 92 medium cohort
plus one year

PA 92 (C=2010)

PA 92 (C=2020)

If assumed life expectancies had been one year greater in the defined benefit plans, the gross deficit would have increased by approximately £3m.

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28 Retirement benefits continued
The expected rates of return and the net deficit in the plans were:

Equities
Bonds
Property

Total fair value of assets
Present value of plan liabilities

Net deficit

Expected rate
of return
%
7.50
5.85
6.00

2008

Fair value
£000
76,753
29,742
3,540

Expected rate
of return
%
7.50
5.00
6.00

110,035
(145,992)

(35,957)

2007

Fair value
£000
77,229
27,457
3,655

108,341
(145,601)

(37,260)

The fair value of plan assets includes £101,525 of Halma p.l.c. 10p ordinary shares (2007: £1,445,721) and a receivable of £2,087,000 (2007:
£3,071,000) in respect of pension plan liabilities that Halma p.l.c. has assumed on discontinued UK operations. The equivalent liability is included
in the Consolidated and Company balance sheets within trade and other payables/other creditors.

The amount charged/(credited) to the Consolidated income statement in respect of the schemes was as follows:

Current service cost (administrative expenses)

Expected return on pension plan assets
Interest on plan liabilities

Net finance cost

Total charge

2008
£000
2,844

(7,438)
7,664

226

2007
£000
2,859

(6,237)
7,103

866

3,070

3,725

The amount charged to the Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense in respect of the actuarial loss of the plans was £3,886,000
(2007: £7,084,000 gain).

The movements in plan assets, liabilities and the net deficit are as follows:

At beginning of year
Current service cost
Contributions paid
Net finance cost
Actuarial (loss)/gain
Movement on receivable from principal employer

Fair value of
plan assets
£000
108,341
–
9,243
7,438
(14,003)
(984)

Present value of
plan liabilities
£000
(145,601)
(2,844)
–
(7,664)
10,117
–

2008

Net deficit
£000
(37,260)
(2,844)
9,243
(226)
(3,886)
(984)

Fair value
of plan assets
£000
95,561
–
7,092
6,237
1,143
(1,692)

Present value of
plan liabilities
£000
(141,580)
(2,859)
–
(7,103)
5,941
–

At end of year

110,035

(145,992)

(35,957)

108,341

(145,601)

2007

Net deficit
£000
(46,019)
(2,859)
7,092
(866)
7,084
(1,692)

(37,260)

History of experience adjustments:

Present value of defined benefit obligations
Fair value of plan assets

Deficit in the plan

Experience adjustments on plan liabilities:
Amount
Percentage of plan liabilities

Experience adjustments on plan assets:
Amount
Percentage of plan assets

2008
£000
(145,992)
110,035

2007
£000
(145,601)
108,341

2006
£000
(141,580)
95,561

2005
£000
(112,914)
72,069

2004
£000
(102,196)
61,427

(35,957)

(37,260)

(46,019)

(40,845)

(40,769)

–
–

12,327
11%

273
–

1,321
1%

536
–

52
–

–
–

11,271
12%

2,821
4%

7,717
13%

The amount disclosed for 2004 is under UK GAAP as it is not practicable to restate amounts prior to the date of transition to IFRS.

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Independent Auditors’ report to the members of Halma p.l.c.

We have audited the Group financial statements of Halma p.l.c. for the 52 weeks to 29 March 2008 which comprise the Consolidated income
statement, the Consolidated balance sheet, the Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense, the Reconciliation of movements in
shareholders’ funds, and the Consolidated cash flow statement together with the statement of Accounting policies and the related notes 1 to 28.
These Group financial statements have been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein. We have also audited the information in the
Directors’ Remuneration report that is described as having been audited. We have reported separately on the parent company financial statements
of Halma p.l.c. for the 52 weeks to 29 March 2008.

This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Section 235 of the Companies Act 1985. Our audit work has
been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for
no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the
Company’s members as a body for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of Directors and Auditors
The Directors’ responsibilities for preparing the Annual report, the Directors’ Remuneration report and the Group financial statements in accordance
with applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union are set out in the Statement of
Directors’ responsibilities. Our responsibility is to audit the Group financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory
requirements and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).

We report to you our opinion as to whether the Group financial statements give a true and fair view, whether the Group financial statements have
been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation and whether the part of the Directors’
Remuneration report described as having been audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985. We also report
to you whether, in our opinion, the information given in the Directors’ Report is consistent with the Group financial statements.

In addition we report to you if in our opinion we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit, or if information
specified by law regarding Directors’ remuneration and other transactions is not disclosed.

We review whether the Corporate governance statement reflects the Company’s compliance with the nine provisions of the 2006 Combined Code
specified for our review by the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority, and we report if it does not. We are not required to consider whether
the Board’s statements on internal control cover all risks and controls, or form an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s corporate governance
procedures or its risk and control procedures.

We read the Directors’ Report and the other information contained in the Annual report for the above period as described in the Contents section and
consider whether it is consistent with the audited Group financial statements. We consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any
apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the Group financial statements. Our responsibilities do not extend to any further information
outside the Annual report.

Basis of audit opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practices Board. An audit
includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the Group financial statements and the part of the
Directors’ Remuneration report to be audited. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgments made by the Directors in
the preparation of the Group financial statements and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.

We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the Group financial statements and the part of the Directors’ Remuneration report to be audited
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming our opinion, we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the Group financial statements and the part of the Directors’ Remuneration report to be audited.

Opinion
In our opinion:

–

the Group financial statements give a true and fair view, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the
European Union, of the state of the Group’s affairs as at 29 March 2008 and of its profit for the 52 week period then ended;

–

the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation;

–

the part of the Directors’ Remuneration report described as having been audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies
Act 1985; and

–

the information given in the Directors’ Report is consistent with the Group financial statements.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
Reading, UK

17 June 2008

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Company balance sheet

Fixed assets

Tangible assets
Investments

Current assets
Debtors
Current tax receivable
Short-term deposits

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Borrowings
Creditors

Current tax payable

Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Borrowings
Creditors
Provisions for liabilities and charges
Net assets

Capital and reserves

Share capital
Share premium account
Treasury shares
Capital redemption reserve
Other reserves
Profit and loss account
Shareholders’ funds

Approved by the Board of Directors on 17 June 2008.

A J Williams
Directors

K J Thompson

29 March 2008
£000

31 March 2007
£000

Notes

C11

C12

C13

2,226
121,332

123,558

177,191
–
2,946

180,137

7,277
69,762
67

77,106

103,031
226,589

65,358
2,849
370

158,012

37,446
16,949
(3,292)
185
2,583
104,141

2,388
115,023

117,411

134,200
630
5,409

140,239

42,070
71,564
–

113,634

26,605
144,016

–
2,719
72

141,225

37,312
15,239
(1,664)
185
1,611
88,542

158,012

141,225

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Notes to the Company accounts

C1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting
The separate Company financial statements are presented as required by the Companies Act 1985 and have been prepared on the historical cost
basis and comply with applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards and law. The principal Company accounting policies have been applied
consistently throughout the current and preceding years and are described below.

Foreign currencies
Transactions in foreign currency are recorded at the rate of exchange at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are reported at the rates prevailing at that date. Any gain or loss arising from subsequent exchange
rate movements is included as an exchange gain or loss in the profit and loss account.

Exchange differences on foreign currency borrowings which are taken out for the purpose of hedging the Company’s investments in overseas
subsidiary companies are taken to reserves.

Share-based payments
Equity-settled share-based payments are provided to employees under the Company’s share incentive plan, share option plans and performance
share plan. The Company recognises a compensation cost in respect of these schemes that is based on the fair value of the awards. For equity-
settled schemes, the fair value is determined at the date of the grant and is not subsequently remeasured unless the conditions on which the award
was granted are modified. The fair value at the date of the grant is calculated using appropriate option pricing models and the cost is recognised on
a straight-line basis over the vesting period. Adjustments are made to reflect expected and actual forfeitures during the vesting period due to failure
to satisfy service conditions or non-market performance conditions. As permitted by FRS 20 ‘Share-based payment’, the Company has applied FRS
20 retrospectively only to equity-settled awards that were granted on or after 7 November 2002 which had not vested at 3 April 2005.

Investments
Investments are stated at cost less provision for impairment.

Fixed assets and depreciation
Fixed assets are stated at cost less provisions for impairment and depreciation which, with the exception of freehold land which is not depreciated,
is provided on all fixed assets on the straight-line method, each item being written off over its estimated life. The principal annual rates used for this
purpose are:

Freehold buildings
Leasehold properties:
more than 50 years unexpired
less than 50 years unexpired
Plant and equipment
Motor vehicles

2%
Period of lease
8% to 20%
20%

Leases
The costs of operating leases of property and other assets are charged as incurred.

Pensions
The Company makes contributions to defined contribution pension plans, which are charged against profits when they become payable.
The Company also participates in a Group-wide defined benefit pension plan. This plan is operated on a basis that does not enable individual
companies to identify their share of the underlying assets and liabilities, and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 17 the Company
accounts for its contributions to the plan as if it was a defined contribution plan.

Deferred tax
The Company provides for tax deferred because of timing differences between profits as computed for taxation purposes and profits as stated in
the accounts, on an undiscounted basis. Deferred tax is measured at the average tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which the
timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet
date. Deferred tax assets are only recognised if recovery is considered more likely than not on the basis of all available evidence.

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C2 Profit for the year
As permitted by Section 230 of the Companies Act 1985, the Profit and Loss Account of Halma p.l.c. is not presented as part of these accounts.

Auditors’ remuneration for audit services to the Company was £88,000 (2007: £79,000).

Total employee costs (including Directors) were:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs

Number of employees

2008
£000
3,095
511
567

4,173

2007
£000
2,694
386
398

3,478

2008
Number
39

2007
Number
30

Details of Directors’ remuneration are set out on pages 46 to 48 within the Remuneration Report and form part of these financial statements.

C3 Fixed assets – tangible assets

Land and buildings

Freehold
properties
£000

Short leases
£000

Plant
equipment
and vehicles
£000

Cost
At 31 March 2007
Additions at cost
Disposals

At 29 March 2008
Accumulated depreciation
At 31 March 2007
Charge for the year
Disposals

At 29 March 2008
Carrying amounts

At 29 March 2008
At 31 March 2007

C4 Investments

Shares in Group companies

At cost less amounts written off at beginning of year
Additions

At cost less amounts written off at end of year

2,050
–
(361)

1,689

412
46
(123)

335

1,354
1,638

167
–
–

167

75
1
–

91
92

Total
£000

3,819
407
(469)

3,757

1,431
306
(206)

1,531

1,602
407
(108)

1,901

944
259
(83)

1,120

781
658

2,226
2,388

2008
£000
115,023
6,309

121,332

2007
£000
102,566
12,457

115,023

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Additions in the year relate to the acquisition of Sonar Research & Development Limited, together with revisions to the estimate of deferred purchase
consideration payable in respect of acquisitions made in prior years.

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Halma p.l.c. Annual report and accounts 2008 81

Notes to the Company accounts (continued)

C4 Investments (continued)
Details of principal subsidiary companies are set out on pages 88 and 89. All these subsidiaries are wholly owned and, apart from the following,
are subsidiaries of Halma p.l.c. and are incorporated in Great Britain where they principally operate.

Name of company
Fortress Systems Pty. Limited
HF Sécurité S.A.S.*
Hydreka S.A.S.*
SERV Trayvou Interverrouillage S.A.S.*
Apollo Gesellschaft für Meldetechnologie mbH*
Rudolf Riester GmbH & Co. KG*
Berson Milieutechniek B.V.*
Netherlocks Safety Systems B.V.*
Bureau D’Electronique Appliquée S.A.*
TL Jones Limited*
E-Motive Display Pte Limited*
Halma Holdings Inc.*
Air Products and Controls Inc.*
Aquionics Inc.*
B.E.A. Inc.*
Bio-Chem Fluidics Inc.*
Diba Industries, Inc.*
Janus Elevator Products Inc.*
Labsphere, Inc.*
Ocean Optics, Inc.*
Oklahoma Safety Equipment Co. Inc.*
Perma Pure LLC*
Volk Optical Inc.*

Interests held by subsidiary companies.

C5 Debtors

Amounts due from Group companies
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income

C6 Borrowings

Falling due within one year:
Unsecured bank loans
Overdrafts

Falling due after more than one year:
Unsecured bank loans

Total borrowings

Country of incorporation
Australia
France
France
France
Germany
Germany
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Belgium
New Zealand
Singapore
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA

2008
£000
173,159
1,313
2,719

2007
£000
131,576
29
2,595

177,191

134,200

2008
£000

2007
£000

–
7,277

7,277

29,762
12,308

42,070

65,358

72,635

–

42,070

The facility under which the bank loans are drawn expires within two to five years (2007: within two to five years) and at 29 March 2008 £99,642,000
(2007: £30,238,000) remained committed and undrawn.

The bank overdrafts at 29 March 2008 and 31 March 2007 were drawn on uncommitted facilities which all expire within one year, and were held
pursuant to a Group pooling arrangement which offsets them against credit balances in subsidiary undertakings.

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C7 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Trade creditors
Amounts owing to Group companies
Other taxation and social security
Deferred purchase consideration
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income

C8 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year

Deferred purchase consideration
Other creditors

These liabilities fall due as follows:
Within two to five years

C9 Provisions for liabilities and charges

Deferred tax (note C10)

2008
£000
484
63,265
1,314
1,059
1,566
2,074

69,762

2008
£000
–
2,849

2,849

2007
£000
640
62,194
1,369
2,021
2,000
3,340

71,564

2007
£000
569
2,150

2,719

2,849

2,719

2008
£000

370

2007
£000

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Notes to the Company accounts (continued)

C10 Deferred tax

Movement in deferred tax liability/(asset):
At beginning of year
Charge to profit and loss account
Charge/(credit) to reserves

At end of year

Deferred tax comprises short-term timing differences.

C11 Share capital

Ordinary shares of 10p each

The number of ordinary shares in issue at 29 March 2008 was 374,458,498 (2007: 373,116,492).

Changes during the year in the issued ordinary share capital were as follows:

At 31 March 2007
Share options exercised

At 29 March 2008

2008
£000

72
161
137

370

2007
£000

(64)
423
(287)

Authorised

Issued and fully paid

2008
£000
43,656

2007
£000
43,656

2008
£000
37,446

2007
£000
37,312

Issued and
fully paid
£000
37,312
134

37,446

The total consideration received in cash in respect of share options exercised amounted to £1,844,000.

Details of share options in issue on the Company’s share capital and share-based payments are included in note 23 to the Group accounts.

C12 Reserves

At 31 March 2007
Profit transferred to reserves
Issue of shares
Movement in other reserves
Treasury shares purchased
Exchange adjustments

At 29 March 2008

Share
premium
account
£000
15,239
–
1,710
–
–
–

16,949

Treasury
shares
£000
(1,664)
–
–
–
(1,628)
–

(3,292)

Capital
redemption
reserve
£000
185
–
–
–
–
–

185

Other
reserves
£000
1,611
–
–
972
–
–

2,583

Profit and
loss account
£000
88,542
21,790
–
–
–
(6,191)

104,141

The capital redemption reserve was created on repurchase and cancellation of the Company’s own shares.

The other reserves represent the provision being established in respect of the value of equity-settled share option plans and performance share plan
awards made by the Company.

Treasury shares are the Company’s own shares purchased and held to fulfil its obligations under the performance share plan.

C13 Reconciliation of movement in shareholders’ funds

At beginning of year
Profit after taxation
Dividends paid
Exchange adjustments
Issue of shares
Treasury shares purchased
Movement in other reserves

At end of year

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2008
£000
141,225
49,119
(27,329)
(6,191)
1,844
(1,628)
972

158,012

2007
£000
122,912
36,378
(25,922)
3,184
4,916
(1,285)
1,042

141,225

Independent Auditors’ report to the members of Halma p.l.c.

We have audited the parent company financial statements of Halma p.l.c. for the 52 weeks to 29 March 2008 which comprise the Balance sheet
together with the statement of Accounting policies and the related notes numbered C1 to C13. These parent company financial statements have
been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein. We have reported separately on the Group financial statements of Halma p.l.c. for
the 52 weeks to 29 March 2008 and on the information in the Directors’ Remuneration report that is described as having been audited.

Respective responsibilities of Directors and Auditors
The Directors’ responsibilities for preparing the Annual report, and the parent company financial statements in accordance with applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) are set out in the Statement of Directors’
responsibilities. Our responsibility is to audit the parent company financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory
requirements and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).

We report to you our opinion as to whether the parent company financial statements give a true and fair view and whether the parent company
financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985. We also report to you whether in our opinion the
Directors’ Report is consistent with the parent company financial statements. In addition we report to you if, in our opinion, the Company has not kept
proper accounting records, if we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit, or if information specified
by law regarding Directors’ remuneration and other transactions is not disclosed.

We read the other information contained in the Annual report as described in the Contents section and consider whether it is consistent with the
audited parent company financial statements. We consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements
or material inconsistencies with the parent company financial statements. Our responsibilities do not extend to any further information outside
the Annual report.

Basis of audit opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practices Board. An audit
includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the parent company financial statements. It also
includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgments made by the Directors in the preparation of the parent company financial
statements, and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Company’s circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.

We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us
with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the parent company financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether
caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming our opinion, we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in
the parent company financial statements.

Opinion
In our opinion:

–

the parent company financial statements give a true and fair view in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice
of the state of affairs of the Company as at 29 March 2008;

–

the parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985; and

–

the information given in the Directors’ Report is consistent with the parent company financial statements.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
Reading, UK

17 June 2008

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Summary 1999 to 2008

Revenue (note 2)
Overseas sales (note 2)
Profit before taxation, acquired intangibles amortisation and goodwill written off (note 3)
Net tangible assets/capital employed
Borrowings
Cash and cash equivalents
Employees (note 2)

Earnings per ordinary share (note 2)

Adjusted earnings per ordinary share (note 3)
Year on year increase/(decrease) in adjusted earnings per ordinary share

Return on sales (notes 2 and 4)

Return on capital employed (note 5)

Year on year increase in dividends per ordinary share
Ordinary share price at financial year end
Market capitalisation at financial year end

Notes:

UK GAAP 1998/99
£000
217,758
134,189
41,823
102,101
7,730
29,894
2,827

UK GAAP 1999/00
£000
233,485
150,727
43,751
89,755
14,700
21,900
2,975

7.91p

7.99p
(3.3%)

19.2%

45.4%

20%
92p
£330.6m

6.08p

8.41p
5.3%

18.7%

44.7%

20%
95p
£340.1m

1. The amounts disclosed for periods up to and including 2003/04 are stated on the basis of UK GAAP, as it is not practicable to restate amounts prior to the date of transition

to IFRS.

2. Continuing and discontinued operations.
3. Adjusted to remove amortisation of goodwill and acquired intangible assets. IFRS figures include results of discontinued operations up to the date of their sales or closure

but exclude profit on sale or closure.

4. Return on sales is defined as profit before taxation, goodwill/acquired intangible asset amortisation and exceptional items expressed as a percentage of revenue.
5. Return on capital employed is defined in note 3 to the accounts.
6. UK GAAP figures prior to 2000/01 have not been restated for the adoption of FRS 19 (Deferred Taxation).

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UK GAAP 2000/01
£000
268,322
181,831
49,698

UK GAAP 2001/02
£000
267,597
183,259
48,255

UK GAAP 2002/03
£000
267,293
188,161
46,508

UK GAAP 2003/04
£000
292,640
206,102
50,284

UK GAAP 2004/05
£000
299,119
218,745
50,389

99,991
7,758
21,484
3,059

8.91p
9.34p
11.1%
18.5%
48.4%
15%
129p
£465.7m

117,515
15,047
45,657
2,859

8.58p
9.10p
(2.6%)
18.0%
45.7%
15%
164p
£598.2m

86,854
27,667
27,574
2,793

7.76p
8.55p
(6.0%)
17.4%
41.7%
10%
114p
£416.7m

95,935
26,934
48,482
2,925

6.09p
9.44p
10.4%
17.2%
50.5%
7%
149p
£546.5m

80,750
33,344
45,348
3,002

7.97p
9.42p
(0.2%)
16.8%
52.1%
5%
161p
£593.8m

IFRS 2004/05
£000
299,119
218,745
49,912

104,417
33,344
45,348
3,002

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9.45p
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16.7%
48.8%
5%
161p
£593.8m

IFRS 2005/06
£000
337,348
249,055
59,641

105,396
32,308
35,826
3,187

11.08p
11.27p
19.3%
17.7%
56.9%
5%
188p
£693.4m

IFRS 2006/07
£000
354,606
258,050
66,091

IFRS 2007/08
£000
397,955
288,701
73,215

113,048
29,762
22,051
3,326

11.86p
12.50p
10.9%
18.6%
60.1 %
5%
220p
£821.8m

134,320
72,393
28,118
3,683

13.49p
13.86p
11.5%
18.4%
55.8%
5%
192p
£717.7m

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Halma group directory

Main products
Duct detectors and control relays for smoke control systems
Smoke and heat detectors, sounders, beacons and interfaces
Smoke and heat detectors, sounders, beacons and interfaces

Air Products and Controls Inc.
Apollo Fire Detectors Limited
Apollo Gesellschaft für
Meldetechnologie mbH
Aquionics Inc.
Berson Milieutechniek B.V.
Bio-Chem Fluidics Inc.
Bureau D’Electronique
Appliquée S.A.
Castell Safety International Limited
Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Gas detection instruments for personnel and plant safety
Diba Industries, Inc.

Safety systems for controlling hazardous industrial processes

Ultraviolet light equipment for water treatment
Ultraviolet light equipment for treating drinking water, waste water and water reuse applications
Miniature valves, micro pumps and fluid components for medical, life science and scientific instruments
Sensors for automatic doors

Specialised components and complete fluid transfer subassemblies for medical, life science and scientific
instruments
Pressure sensitive relief devices to protect process plant
Electronic displays for providing information to elevator passengers
Beam smoke detectors and specialist fire extinguishing systems
Safety systems for controlling access to dangerous machines
Machinery and process safety systems and high power electrical resistors
US holding company
Halma China hub

Ultraviolet light equipment for treating water used in the manufacture of food, drinks, pharmaceuticals
and electronic components
Safety systems and high security locks
Equipment and software for flow analysis of water and sewerage systems and leak detection systems
Elevator safety components including fixtures, displays, door systems and emergency communications
Ophthalmic instruments for diagnostic assessment of eye conditions
Audio/visual warning systems for fire and industrial security
Light testing and measurement products and specialised optical coatings
Infrared safety systems for elevator doors and elevator emergency communications
Process safety systems for petrochemical and industrial applications

Miniature fibre optic spectrometers for consumer electronics, process control, environmental monitoring,
life sciences and medical diagnostics
Pressure sensitive relief devices to protect process plant
Instruments for analysing water and measuring environmental pollution
Instrumentation for quantifying, detecting and controlling leakage in underground water pipelines
Gas dryers and humidifiers for fuel cell, medical, scientific and industrial use
Instrumentation for recording data, and detecting and controlling leakage, in water distribution pipelines
Radio telemetry
Diagnostic medical devices for ophthalmology, blood pressure measurement and ear, nose
and throat diagnostics
Safety systems for controlling access to dangerous machines
Process safety systems for petrochemical and industrial applications
Security alarm products
Infrared safety systems, emergency communications and displays for elevators
Underwater equipment for pipeline leak detection, infrastructure maintenance, construction and security
Ophthalmic equipment and lenses as aids to diagnosis and surgery
Cash handling and security from point of sale to cash centre

Elfab Limited
E-Motive Display Pte Limited
Fire Fighting Enterprises Limited
Fortress Interlocks Limited
Fortress Systems Pty. Limited
Halma Holdings Inc.
Halma International Limited
Shanghai Representative Office
Hanovia Limited

HF Sécurité S.A.S.
Hydreka S.A.S.
Janus Elevator Products Inc.
Keeler Limited
Klaxon Signals Limited
Labsphere, Inc
Memco Limited
Netherlocks Safety Systems B.V.

Ocean Optics, Inc.

Oklahoma Safety Equipment Co. Inc.
Palintest Limited
Palmer Environmental Limited
Perma Pure LLC
Radcom (Technologies) Limited
Radio-Tech Limited
Rudolf Riester GmbH & Co.KG

SERV Trayvou Interverrouillage S.A.S.
Smith Flow Control Limited
Texecom Limited
TL Jones Limited
Tritech International Limited
Volk Optical Inc.
Volumatic Limited

www.halma.com

Location
Pontiac, Michigan
Havant, Hampshire
Gütersloh, Germany

Erlanger, Kentucky
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Boonton, New Jersey
Liège, Belgium

Kingsbury, London
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Danbury, Connecticut

North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Singapore
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Melbourne, Australia
Cincinnati, Ohio
Shanghai, China

Telephone
Contact
Peter Stouffer
+1 (1)248 332 3900
Danny Burns +44 (0)2392 492412
+49 (0)5241 33060
Falk Blödorn

E-mail
info@ap-c.com
enquiries@apollo-fire.co.uk
info@apollo-feuer.de

Website
www.ap-c.com
www.apollo-fire.co.uk
www.apollo-feuer.de

+1 (1)859 341 0710
+31 (0)40 290 7777
+1 (1)973 263 3001
+32 (0)4361 6565

Kevin Shannon
Sjors van Gaalen
George Gaydos
Philippe van
Genechten
Tim Whelan +44 (0)20 8200 1200
Warren Rees +44 (0)1235 557700
+1(1)203 744 0773
Chuck Dubois

sales@aquionics.com
info@bersonuv.com

www.aquionics.com
www.bersonuv.com
info@biochemvalve.com www.biochemfluidics.com
www.bea.be

info@bea.be

sales@castell.com
crowcon@crowcon.com
salesdept@dibaind.com

www.castell.com
www.crowcon.com
www.dibaind.com

Simon Keenan +44 (0)191 293 1234
+65 6776 4111
Chris Stoelhorst
Ian Steel +44 (0)845 402 4242
Mike Golding +44 (0)1902 349000
+61 (0)395 87 4099

David Dean
Steve Sowell
Martin Zhang

fortress@fortress.com.au
+1 (1)513 772 5501 halmaholdings@halmaholdings.com
halmachina@halma.com
+86 21 5206 8686

enquiries@elfab.com
sales@emotivedisplay.com
info@ffeuk.com

www.elfab.com
www.emotivedisplay.com
www.ffeuk.com
sales@fortressinterlocks.co.uk www.fortressinterlocks.co.uk
www.fortress.com.au
www.halmaholdings.com
www.halma.cn

Slough, Berkshire

Craig Howarth

+44 (0)1753 515300

sales@hanovia.com

www.hanovia.com

Cluses, France
Lyon, France
Hauppauge, New York
Windsor, Berkshire
Oldham, Lancashire
North Sutton, New Hampshire
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Alphen aan den Rijn, The
Netherlands
Dunedin, Florida

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
Cwmbran, South Wales
Toms River, New Jersey
Romsey, Hampshire
Harlow, Essex
Jungingen, Germany

Paris, France
Witham, Essex
Haslingden, Lancashire
Christchurch, New Zealand
Aberdeen, Scotland
Mentor, Ohio
Coventry, West Midlands

Gérard Denis +33 (0)4 50 98 96 71
Alain Soulié +33 (0)4 72 53 11 53
Mike Byrne
+1 (1)631 864 3699
+44 (0)1753 857177
Abbas Sotoudeh
Barry Coughlan +44 (0)161 287 5555
+1 (1)603 927 4266
Peter Bailey +44 (0)1628 770734
+31 (0)172 471339

Kevin Chittim

Albert Buschgens

hfsecurite@hfsecurite.com
hydreka@hydreka.fr
sales@januselevator.com
info@keeler.co.uk
sales@klaxonsignals.com
labsphere@labsphere.com
sales@memco.co.uk
sales@netherlocks.com

www.hfsecurite.com
www.hydreka.com
www.januselevator.com
www.keeler.co.uk
www.klaxonsignals.com
www.labsphere.com
www.memco.co.uk
www.netherlocks.com

Rob Randelman

+1(1)727 733 2447

info@oceanoptics.com

www.oceanoptics.com

Bryan Sanderlin

+1 (1)918 258 5626
David Sidlow +44 (0)191 491 0808
Rob Fish +44 (0)1633 489 479
+1 (1)732 244 0010
Rob Fish +44 (0)1794 528 700
Jeremy Llewellyn +44 (0)1279 635 849
Gerhard Glufke +49 (0)74 77 92 700

Richard Curran

info@oseco.com
palintest@palintest.com
sales@hwm-water.com
info@permapure.com
sales@radcom.co.uk
sales@radio-tech.co.uk
info@riester.de

www.oseco.com
www.palintest.com
www.hwm-water.com
www.permapure.com
www.radcom.co.uk
www.radio-tech.co.uk
www.riester.de

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Mike D’Anzieri

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Jim Ludwig +44 (0)1706 234 800
+64 (0)3 349 4456
+44 (0)1224 744111
+1 (1)440 942 6161
Colin Amos +44 (0)247 668 4217

Chris Stoelhorst
Richard Marsh
Peter Mastores

www.servtrayvou.com
enquiries@servtrayvou.com
sales@smithflowcontrol.com www.smithflowcontrol.com
www.texe.com
www.tljones.com
www.tritech.co.uk
www.volk.com
www.volumatic.com

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info@tritech.co.uk
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info@volumatic.com

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29 November 2007
6 February 2008
14 February 2008
17 June 2008
1 July 2008
31 July 2008
20 August 2008
27 November 2008
February 2009
February 2009
June 2009

Shareholders
Number

5,306
695
324
171
85
6,581

80.6
10.6
4.9
2.6
1.3
100.0

Shares
Number

10,320,228
9,113,994
16,105,411
51,108,746
288,147,901
374,796,280

2008
246
182
192

2008
3.00
4.55*
7.55

2007
240
172
220

2007
2.85
4.33
7.18

2006
194
139
188

2006
2.71
4.12
6.83

2005
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142
161

2005
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3.92
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4.3
13.6
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2004
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109
149

2004
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3.75
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Shareholder information and advisers

Financial calendar
2007/08 Interim results
2007/08 Interim dividend paid
Interim management statement
2007/08 Preliminary results
2007/08 Report and accounts issued
Annual General Meeting and Interim management statement
2007/08 Final dividend payable
2008/09 Interim results
2008/09 Interim dividend payable
Interim management statement
2008/09 Preliminary results

Analysis of shareholders
at 22 May 2008

Number of shares held
1 – 7,500
7,501 – 25,000
25,001 – 100,000
100,001 – 750,000
750,001 and over

Share price
London Stock Exchange, pence per 10p share

Highest
Lowest
Year end

Dividends
Pence per 10p share

Interim
Final
Total

* proposed

Registered Office
Misbourne Court
Rectory Way
Amersham
Bucks HP7 0DE
Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111
E-mail: halma@halma.com
Website: www.halma.com

Registered in England and Wales, No 40932

Registrars
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol BS99 6ZZ

Tel: +44 (0)870 707 1046
Fax: +44 (0)870 703 6101
E-mail: web.queries@computershare.co.uk
Investor Centre website: www.computershare.com/investor

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Investor information
Visit our website, www.halma.com, for investor information and Company news. In addition to accessing ﬁnancial data, you can view and download
Annual and Interim reports, analyst presentations, ﬁnd contact details for Halma senior executives and subsidiary companies and access links to
Halma subsidiary websites.

E-mail news alert
You can subscribe to an e-mail news alert service on our website, www.halma.com, to automatically receive an e-mail when significant
announcements are made.

Shareholding information
Please contact our registrars directly for all enquiries about your shareholding. Visit their Investor Centre website for online information about your
shareholding (you will need your shareholder reference number which can be found on your share certiﬁcate or dividend tax voucher), or telephone
the registrars using the dedicated telephone number for Halma shareholders (see below).

Dividend reinvestment plan
The company operates a dividend reinvestment plan (‘DRIP’) which offers shareholders the opportunity to use their cash dividends to buy new
shares in Halma. You can register for the DRIP online by visiting Computershare’s Investor Centre website and selecting ‘Dividend Reinvestment
Plan election’ or by requesting an application form direct from Computershare.

Electronic communications
All shareholder communications, including the company’s Annual report and accounts, are made available on the Halma website. You may opt to
receive e-mail notiﬁcation that documents and information are available to view and download. If you would like to sign up for this service, visit the
Computershare Investor Centre website, selecting ‘Electronic Shareholder Communications’ and following the registration process.

Share dealing facilities
A low cost telephone dealing service has been arranged with Stocktrade which provides a simple way for buying or selling Halma shares. Basic
commission is 0.5% up to £10,000, reducing to 0.2% thereafter (subject to a minimum commission of £15). For further information please call 0845
601 0995 and quote reference Low Co0198.

Annual General Meeting
The 114th Annual General Meeting of Halma p.l.c. will be held at The Ballroom, The Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place, London SW1X 7RL on Thursday,
31 July 2008 at 11.30 am. The Notice convening the meeting is on page 3 of the circular.

Investor relations contacts
Andrew Williams
Halma p.l.c.
Misbourne Court
Rectory Way
Amersham
Bucks HP7 0DE

Tel: +44 (0)1494 721111
Fax: +44 (0)1494 728032
E-mail: halma@halma.com

Advisers

Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Abbotts House
Abbey Street, Reading
Berks RG1 3BD

Bankers
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
280 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4RB

Financial Advisers
Lazard & Co., Limited
50 Stratton Street
London W1J 8LL

Brokers and joint ﬁnancial advisers
Dresdner Kleinwort Limited
PO Box 52715, 30 Gresham Street
London EC2P 2XY

Tel: +44 (0)20 7475 7319
Fax: +44 (0)20 7283 4667
E-mail: halma@dkib.com

Solicitors
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Mitre House
160 Aldersgate Street
London EC1A 4DD

Hirst/Andrew Jaques
h Partnership Limited

Rachel
Hogart
2nd Floor
Upstr
eam
No 1 London Bridge
London

SE1 9BG

Tel: +44 (0)20 73
Fax: +44 (

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0)20 7357 8533

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