Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4030I

Filtrona plc

18 November 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Filtrona  PLC
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Allianz SE
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	12 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18 November 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	<5%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights x		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB00B0744359	11,191,402	11,191,402	9,744,959	9,744,959		4.799%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
9,744,959	4.799%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit ('AGI') is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz SE.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Patricia Kendall     Filtrona plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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