Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3080D

Filtrona plc

30 November 2009

 



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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	OppenheimerFunds, Inc (OFI)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	25 November 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4% (increase to 4.1274%)

8. Notified details:   Registered Office Avebury House 201-249 Avebury Boulevard Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire, MK9 1AU Registered Number: 05444653 T: [phone] F: [phone] Company Secretary: Jon Green

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	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
(GB00B0744359)  OFI	6,562,186	6,562,186	8,488,520		8,488,520		4.1274%

B: Qualifying 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.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
OFI: 8,488,520	OFI: 4.1274%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) is the Parent Company of OppenheimerFunds, Inc (OFI). OFI owns, as of November 25, 2009, 8,488,520 shares equal to 4.1274%. This calculation is based on outstanding shares of 205,662,191.
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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