Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9946A

Filtrona plc

27 March 2013

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

 

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
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					X
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.)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		22nd March 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		26th March 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Holding has gone below 19%

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 x

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0744359

41,395,963

41,395,963

N/A

N/A

40,752,563

N/A

17.49%

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

CFD

2,218,270

Nominal

Delta

0.95%

0.95%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

42,970,833

18.44%

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 - 42,970,833 (18.44%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Patricia Kendall
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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