Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7399M

Filtrona plc

20 September 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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				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				X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		See No.3
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		17th September 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19th September 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Holding has gone above 16%

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 xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0744359

29,007,983

29,007,983

N/A

N/A

31,927,130

N/A

15.16%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

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

CFD

1,883,720

Nominal

Delta

0.89%

0.89%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

33,810,850

16.06%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 33,810,850 (16.06%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
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:	None
14. Contact name:	Patricia Kendall
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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