Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 9601D

Filtrona plc

23 May 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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc and its group

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

See additional information under 13

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

21 May 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 May 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above the threshold of 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

86,226

86,226

10,530,313

0.041%

5.021%

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

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

Percentage of voting rights

10,616,539

5.062%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisors, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:	Registered Owner HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd             A/C 5000212310     499,421 State Street Nominees Limited                                         A/C XC7N     544,536 The Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd       A/C PTG 15303/09997799       47,447 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Limited           A/C 301780     123,804 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C ZLA01     615,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 27642       86,226 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10478       20,994 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10479         5,008 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 07196       54,389 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 18667     302,402 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10469     293,211 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10496  2,506,984 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10492     823,628 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10491  3,308,489 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                 A/C 10495  1,385,000
	Patricia Kendall - Filtrona plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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