Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4612N

Filtrona plc

11 June 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 (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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:	9 June 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 June 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7% (OFI position increased to 7.0028%)

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)		12,531,597	12,531,597	14,402,019		14,402,019		7.0028%

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.	% 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
14,402,019	7.0028%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 205,662,191. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is the Parent Company of OppenheimerFunds, Inc ("OFI").
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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