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Retirement of Non-executive Director

15 February 2007

Filtrona plc today announces that Warren Knowlton will not be seeking re-election at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2007.

Filtrona plc today announces that Warren Knowlton, who assumed a full-time chief executive role outside Filtrona plc in December 2006 requiring his relocation to the US, will not be seeking re-election at the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) on 30 April 2007 and he will cease to be a Non-executive Director of the Company at the end of the AGM.

Jeff Harris, Chairman of Filtrona plc, commented: “We shall be sorry to lose Warren’s valuable contributions to the Board and wish him every success in his new role. The process of identifying a successor to replace Warren is underway.”