Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7471R

Filtrona plc

06 May 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
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
Notification required due to internal transfers between funds under management
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Schroders plc
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):	01 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	05 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B0744359	N/A	N/A	13,789,914	N/A	11,458,253	N/A	5.57%

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

11,458,253

5.57%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited 11,458,253 5.57%

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:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.
14. Contact name:	Jon Green
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100