Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5800A

Filtronic PLC

04 August 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:							Filtronic plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights											Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.											No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights											No
Other (please specify): ______________											N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:						Aberforth Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):						Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc - 4,904,921 Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund - 3,454,265 The Church Commissioners for England - 779,800 Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust plc - 529,863 1, 2, 4 = registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth, 3 = The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):						1 August 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:						4 August 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:						13%
8. Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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
Ordinary GB0003362992	9,264,849	9,264,849		9,668,849		N/A		9,668,849	N/A		13.01
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ conversion period/date		No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)					Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A					N/A
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights						Percentage of voting rights
9,668,849						13.01
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Held by Aberforth Partners LLP
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:						N/A
14. Contact name:						Pauline Robson
15. Contact telephone number:						0131 220 1733

 

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