Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3717O

Filtrona plc

05 March 2009

 



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 the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
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
Notification required due to internal transfers between funds under management		No
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 if different):	03 March 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04 March 2009
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	11,667,242	0	11,667,242	5.673%

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.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
11,667,242	5.673%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which 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 Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 41407 878,173 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 41408 140,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449 857,175 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c10479 7,350 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c18667 795,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c10469 1,271,603 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c10496 1,109,132 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c10492 2,639,008 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 1,704,460 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 1,920,905 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02642 344,436

14. Contact name:	Patricia Kendall
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Jon Green Company Secretary Filtrona plc
Phone number	01908 359100

 

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