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Preliminary Results 2006

01 March 2006

Filtrona plc, the international, market leading, speciality plastic and fibre products supplier, today announces annual results for the year ended 31 December 2006.

Filtrona plc, the international, market leading, speciality plastic and fibre products supplier, today announces annual results for the year ended 31 December 2005.

  • Sales were £513.7m (2004: £477.5m) up 7.6%.
  • Operating profit before intangible amortisation and demerger expense was £57.8m (2004: £48.1m) up 8.7% after excluding non-recurring IFRS adjustments.
  • Profit before tax was £50.0m (2004: £45.7m) up 9.4%.
  • Adjusted earnings per share were 15.0p (2004: 14.0p) up 7.1%.
  • Full year dividend of 6.4p providing an increase of 8.5% compared with the notional dividend for 2004.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Jeff Harris, Chairman of Filtrona said:

“These are a very good maiden set of full year results for Filtrona and reflect the underlying strength of the Company’s market positions within its international niche markets in both plastic and fibre technologies.”

Enquiries

Filtrona plc
Mark Harper, Chief Executive
Steve Dryden, Finance Director
Tel: 01908 359100

Finsbury
James Leviton
Gordon Simpson
Tel: 020 7251 3801

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