Holding(s) in Company

Filtrona plc
27 February 2007


                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES





1.      Identify of the issues or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which 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 owner
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                 A/c 219064                      205,737
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10479                        10,050
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 02891                     4,061,328
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 02642                       344,436
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10478                         5,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 07205                       758,893
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 21688                       477,123
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 07207                     2,586,458
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 07196                        53,208
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10491                     2,163,843
Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10488                     2,174,820


5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached


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 the
possible using the ISIN     Triggering transaction    triggering transaction
CODE
                            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 Voting
possible using the ISIN CODE  shares        Rights               Rights
                              Direct Direct Indirect      Direct Direct Indirect

ordinary
shares
GB00B0744359                     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  % of
financial    Date                  acquired if the instrument is        voting
instrument                         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 rights
and/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 and
Threadneedle 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 notification
obligation


Jon Green

Company Secretary & General Counsel:






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