Holding(s) in Company

Filtrona plc
03 October 2006


SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.         Name of company

            Filtrona plc

2.         Name of shareholder having a major interest

            Amvescap plc

3.         Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 
above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that 
person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Non-beneficial interest representing funds under management for clients by subsidiary companies.

4.         Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Bank of New York (Brussels)                                           58,359
JP Morgan Chase                                                      742,996
Vidacos Nominees Limited                                          25,069,117
Bank of New York                                                     121,352
JP Morgan (Hong Kong)                                                151,759
Bank of Ireland (Dublin) Nominees Limited                            306,603
Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh                                              258,842
Japan Trustee Services Bank                                            3,641
State Street Trust & Banking Co (London)                           3,003,000
Trust & Custody Services                                               7,096
Northern Trust Company (London)                                      444,779
HSBC Nominees                                                         77,280
Trimark                                                              761,000
AIM                                                                2,010,174

5.         Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

            190,000

6.         Percentage of issued class

            0.09%

7.         Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

            N/A

8.         Percentage of issued class

N/A

9.         Class of security

Ordinary Shares

10.       Date of transaction

29 September 2006

11.       Date company informed

2 October 2006

12.       Total holding following this notification

33,015,998

13.       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

15.05%

14.       Any additional information

N/A

15.       Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Patricia Kingdon          01908 359100
Deputy Company Secretary

16.       Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Jon Green                    01908 359100
Company Secretary and General Counsel

Date of notification

3 October 2006


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