Transaction in Own Shares

Filtrona plc
10 September 2007



RNS 5369D released at 17.23 on 7 September 2007 showed an incorrect number of
shares purchased. The correct number of shares purchased was 100,000 and hence
the number of shares held in treasury is 100,000 and the number of shares in
issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 219,226,795. The full
corrected announcement is as follows:-



7 September 2007.



TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES



Filtrona plc (' Filtrona') announces that it has today purchased through
JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 238.47p
per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.



Following the above purchase, Filtrona holds 100,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 219,226,795.



This purchase was made pursuant to the authority that was granted by
shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 30 April 2007 and is
consistent with Filtrona's objective of maintaining an appropriate balance sheet
structure while continuing with the strategic priority of growing both
organically and by acquisition. Further purchases may be made from time to time
subject to market conditions.



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