Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6170L

Filtrona plc

14 January 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		Yes
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:	INVESCO Limited
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 if different):	12 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	15%

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 25p Shares (GB00B0744359)	34,837,522	34,837,522	32,213,980		32,213,980		15.66%

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.	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
32,213,980	15.66%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 29,924 Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 428,317 Bank of New York - 105,817 Bank of New York (Brussels) - 68,170 Chase Bank - 179,816 JP Morgan Chase - 305,182 Citibank - 24,129,472 HSBC Bank Plc (London) - 532,935 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 2,641,835 Trust & Custody Servs JP -7,724 North Trust Company (London) - 333,013 AIM Canada - 3,438,554 PowerShares - 13,221
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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