Correction LTIP acquisition of shares

British Polythene Industries PLC

11th March 2010

British Polythene Industries PLC (the "Company")

Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) Acquisition of Shares Correction

On 8 March 2010 the Company announced it had been informed that the Trustees of the British Polythene Industries Plc LTIP had acquired Ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company (Shares). The announcement incorrectly stated that the Trustees had purchased 1,000,000 Shares. The correct number of Shares purchased by the Trustees on 8 March 2010 was 100,000 at a price of £2.875 per share.

The shares were acquired for use in the LTIP. Mr JT Langlands, Mr D Harris, Mr D Duthie, Mr A Green, Mr M Huyghe, Dr D Pendlebury and Dr I McDarmaid, as Executive Directors and PDMRs of the Company, are beneficiaries of the LTIP and as such they have an interest in the shares for the purposes of DTR 3.1.

Enquiries:

Ray Brooksbank, Group Company Secretary 01475 501050