Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0947F

Filtrona plc

18 April 2011

 



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 UK Specialist Focus Fund
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	14 April 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15 April 2011
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)		8,095,571	8,095,571			8,370,517	N/A	4.045%

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
8,370,517	4.045%

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, as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme ("BTPS") is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Nominees Limited and Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers Limited ("HFML"). HFML is the parent undertaking of: 1.   Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited ("HEOS") (voting rights 0.541%)* 2.   Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited ("HFAM")** as General Partner of the following limited partnerships a.   Hermes UK Specialist Focus Fund ("HUKSFF") (voting rights: 3.451%)*** 3.  Hermes Investment Management Limited ("HIML") (voting rights 0.053%) *This notification is also being made in respect of HEOS, which is an indirect holder of shares for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1(h).  The voting rights include the following: (i) all of the voting rights of the underlying clients of HEOS for whom it provides voting services; (ii) all of the voting rights attaching to the direct shareholding of BTPS; (iii) all of the voting rights attaching to shares managed by HIML; and (iv) the voting rights attaching to the direct shareholding of BTPS that are managed by HSL. **This notification is also being made in respect of HFAM which is an indirect holder of shares for the purpose of DTR 5.21 (h) and has an individual notification obligation under DTR 5.1.5 ***This notification is also being made in respect of HUKSFF, which has an individual notification obligation under DTR 5.1. Please see Section 13 for further information
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See comment in Section 13
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	See comment in Section 13
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	See comment in Section 13

13. Additional information:	HEOS hold the voting rights under a standard proxy contained in agreements for the provision of voting services to various underlying clients for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(h), which includes all of the shares owned directly by BTPS, all of the voting rights attaching to shares managed by HIML and the voting rights attaching to the direct shareholding of BTPS that are managed by HSL. HFAM hold the voting rights as General Partner under a standing proxy contained in limited partnership agreements with various limited partnerships for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(h). HIML hold the voting rioghts under a standing proxy contained in investment managemetn agreementsx with various underlying clients (which may include BTPS) for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1 (h) All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are aggregated for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e) This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme, 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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