Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9333K

Filtrona plc

28 April 2010

 



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		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):______________		No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	26 April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 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	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B0744359		N/A	N/A	0	0	11,011,608	0.000%	5.354%

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 period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
11,011,608			5.354%
	9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
	Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.
	Proxy Voting:
	10. Name of the proxy holder:			N/A
	11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:			N/A
	12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:			N/A
	13. Additional information:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd         A/c41408      112,794      Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 03449   1,210,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 10479          7,350 Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 18667      450,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 10469      556,802 Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 10496   3,589,602 Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 10492   1,370,838 Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 10491   1,009,222  Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 10495   2,705,000
	14. Contact name:	Jon Green, Filtrona plc
	15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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