Director/PDMR Shareholding

Filtrona plc 05 March 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS In accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1), and in accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985, the Company was advised on 5 March 2007 of the following directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMR') who have acquired an interest in the ordinary share capital of Filtrona plc (the 'Company): 1. Name of company Filtrona plc 2. Name of directors/PDMR Antony Edwards Jon Green Robert Purcell Sreekumar Puthen Thermedam Russell Rogers Neil Shillingford Alan Tidy 3. Nature of transaction A Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan ('DASB') award, and a Performance Share award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') 4. Date of grant 2 March 2007 - LTIP 5 March 2007 - DASB 5. Period during which or date on which exercisable DASB - deferred until 1 March 2010 subject to the rules of the DASB LTIP - between 2 March 2010 and 1 March 2017, subject to the satisfaction of a specified performance condition 6. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option n/a 7. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number PMDR Number of 25p ordinary shares LTIP Antony Edwards 37,012 DASB Jon Green 15,135 LTIP Jon Green 39,189 DASB Robert Purcell 25,977 LTIP Robert Purcell 58,378 LTIP Sreekumar Puthen Thermedam 51,351 DASB Russell Rogers 13,439 LTIP Russell Rogers 43,342 DASB Neil Shillingford 19,743 LTIP Neil Shillingford 45,945 DASB Alan Tidy 14,798 LTIP Alan Tidy 37,837 8. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise n/a 9. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification PMDR Details Number Antony Edwards Matching Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 29,608 Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 115,784 Approved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 11,776 Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 88,359 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 4,549 TOTAL 250,076 Jon Green Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 105,635 Approved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 11,776 Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 72,459 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 21,171 TOTAL 211,041 PMDR Details Number Robert Purcell Matching Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 85,194 Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 157,416 Approved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 11,776 Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 115,361 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 48,773 TOTAL 418,520 Sreekumar Matching Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 40,574 Puthen Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 147,304 Thermedam Approved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 11,776 Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 110,124 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 4,493 TOTAL 314,271 Russell Rogers Matching Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 6,106 Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 115,653 Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 89,023 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 17,626 TOTAL 228,408 Neil Shillingford Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 88,300 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 23,019 Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 85,259 TOTAL 196,578 PMDR Details Number Alan Tidy Performance Share Award under Part B of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 111,607 Approved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 11,776 Unapproved Options under Part A of the Filtrona plc Long Term Incentive Plan 81,977 Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan Award 21,285 TOTAL 226,645 23. Any additional information N/A 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Patricia Kingdon 01908 359 100 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Jon Green, Company Secretary Date of Notification 5 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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