Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5754B

Filtronic PLC

18 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:						Aviva plc and its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):						Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited - 509,986* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited - 1,593,856* Chase Nominees Limited - 185,996* CUIM Nominee Limited - 442,897* *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited - 70,760 Vidacos Nominees Limited - 1,118,616
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):						12 August 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:						13 August 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:						<5% to 5% change at combined interest level
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	2,313,924	2,313,924		2,732,735		2,732,735		1,189,376	3.68%		1.60%
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
3,922,111						5.28%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See section 4
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:						See section 4
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:						Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 74,323,093
14. Contact name:						Neil Whittaker
15. Contact telephone number:						01603 684420

 

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