Holding(s) in Company

Filtrona plc
06 March 2008



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of     Filtrona Plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:      -------------------
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2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   Yes
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached       --------
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):______________
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment
obligation:                                       Management Ltd
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from BAE Systems Pension Funds CIF
3):                                               Trustees Ltd
                                                  BAE Systems 2000 Pension Plan
                       -------------------------- Trustees Ltd
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5. Date of transaction (and date on which the     5th March 2008
threshold is crossed or reached if different):    ------------------------
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                 6th March 2008
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7.
Threshold(s)
that is/are
crossed or
reached:                                                                            3%
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8: Notified Details
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type   Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares    the triggering          transaction
             transaction
If possible
use ISIN               -------------                    -------------------------------
code                                 --------   --------------        ------------
---------    Number of Number of     Number of  Number of voting      Percentage of
             shares    voting rights shares     rights                voting rights
             -------   -------       --------   --------------        ------------
                                                                      -------  -------
                                                Direct       Indirect Direct   Indirect
                                                --------     -------  -------  -------
---------        -------     -------    --------
GB00B0744359 6,746,376   6,746,376   5,746,376   5,746,376        0     2.79%       0
---------        -------     -------    --------    --------  -------  -------  -------
B: Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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                ----------        -------------        -------------      ----------
Type of         Expiration date   Exercise/ conversion No. of voting      Percentage of
financial       ----------        period/date          rights that may be voting rights
instrument                        -------------        acquired (if the   ----------
-----------                                            instrument
                                                       exercised/
                                                       converted)
                                                       -------------
    -----------        ----------        -------------      -------------    ----------
Total (A+B)
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Number of voting rights                        Percentage of voting rights
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                                   5,746,376                                     2.79%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment Management Ltd *
BAE Systems Pension Funds CIF Trustees Ltd
BAE Systems 2000 Pension Plan Trustees Ltd
* BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment Management Ltd is OPS firm acting for trustees
of the above schemes.
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of proxy holder:                      Nortrust Nominees Limited
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  N/A
cease to hold:                                 -------------------------
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   N/A
hold voting rights:                            -------------------------
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13. Additional information:                    None
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14 Contact name:                               Patricia Kendall
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15. Contact
telephone
name:                                          01908 359100
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C: Additional information
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