Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1652B

Filtrona plc

21 October 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 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:	BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme. See Section 9 for further information.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Hermes Specialist UK Focus Fund
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	20 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4%

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
B074435 (GB00B0744359)  ORD GBP0.025	7,882,160	7,882,160	0	0	8,382,160	0%	4.076%

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
8,382,160	4.076%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers Limited. Hermes Fund Managers Limited is the parent undertaking of: Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 3.729%) Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 0.347%)
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:	Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting rights under a standing proxy contained in investment mangement agreements with various underying clients, which includes all the shares owned directly by BT Pension Scheme. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited hold the voting rights under a standing proxy contained in services agreements for the provision of corporate governance services to various underying clients. All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are aggregated for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(a). This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, which is the ultimate parent undertaking for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e).
14. Contact name:	Patricia Kendall, Filtrona plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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