Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9355R

Filtrona plc

08 May 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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Pennant Capital Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Pennant Offshore Partners, Ltd Pennant Onshore Partners, L.P. Pennant Onshore Qualified, L.P. Pennant Spinnaker Fund, L.P. Pennant Windward Fund, L.P. Pennant Windward Fund, Ltd.
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	6 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	7 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary (GB00B0744359)	12,264,026	12,264,026	12,464,026		12,464,026		6.06%

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.	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
12,464,026	6.06%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Pennant Offshore Partners, Ltd   1,961,001 voting rights Pennant Onshore Partners, L.P.   579,420 voting rights Pennant Onshore Qualified, L.P.   1,216,340 voting rights Pennant Spinnaker Fund, L.P.   784,890 voting rights Pennant Windward Fund, L.P.   2,863,660 voting rights Pennant Windward Fund, Ltd.    5,058,715 voting rights
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:	Jon Green Filtrona plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01908 359100

 

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