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Filtrona plc04 October 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Filtrona plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Goldman,Sachs & Co, Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited, and Goldman SachsInternational. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 A beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-ownedindirect subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and a non-beneficial interestheld by Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited representing funds under management held on behalf of clients. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Registered Holder Holding Goldman Sachs International 4,894,495Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited 12,621,329 17,515,824 ------------ 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/K 8. Percentage of issued class N/K 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares 10. Date of transaction 2 October 2006 11. Date company informed 4 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 17,515,824 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.99% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Patricia Kingdon - 01908 359100 Deputy Company Secretary 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Steve Dryden Finance Director Date of notification 4 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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