27th Feb 2007 17:03
Filtrona plc27 February 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identify of the issues or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached : Filtrona plc 2. Reason for the notification EU Transparency Directive 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.) : Registered ownerBNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 219064 205,737Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 10,050Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02891 4,061,328Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02642 344,436Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10478 5,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07205 758,893Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21688 477,123Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07207 2,586,458Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 53,208Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 2,163,843Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 2,174,820 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached N/a 6. Date on which issuer notified: 22 February 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: N/a 8. Notified details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of share if Situation previous to the Situation previous to thepossible using the ISIN Triggering transaction triggering transactionCODE Number of shares Number of Voting Rights GB00B0744359 N/a N/a Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Class/type of shares if Number of Number of Voting % of Votingpossible using the ISIN CODE shares Rights Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Direct Indirect ordinarysharesGB00B0744359 0 0 12,840,896 0.0% 5.855 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the Triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may be % offinancial Date acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument exercised/converted rights Conversion Period/ Date Total (A+B) Number of Voting Rights % of Voting Rights 12,840,896 5.855 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rightsand/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 andThreadneedle Pensions Ltd 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 Kingdon 15. Contact telephone number: 01908 359100 16. Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation Jon Green Company Secretary & General Counsel: This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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