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Filtrona plc03 May 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Filtrona plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Threadneedle Investments on behalf of various Ameriprise Financial Inc. groupsubsidiaries, including Threadneedle Pensions Ltd, Threadneedle Investment FundsICVC, Threadneedle Specialist Investment Funds ICVC, Threadneedle InvestmentServices Ltd and Eagle Star Unit Managers Ltd. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Threadneedle Investments as Investment Manager for various client accounts 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Registered Holders Account Holding-------------------- --------- ---------Bank of Ireland Nominees 4261416 377,200Bank of Ireland Nominees 4239914 553,298BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd 219064 268,129Littledown Nominees Ltd 10478 5,000Littledown Nominees Ltd 10479 10,050Littledown Nominees Ltd 7205 853,445Littledown Nominees Ltd 21688 675,083Littledown Nominees Ltd 7207 2,231,554Littledown Nominees Ltd 7196 107,050Littledown Nominees Ltd 27642 669,274Littledown Nominees Ltd 2891 4,287,152Littledown Nominees Ltd 2642 349,120Littledown Nominees Ltd 31348 70,858Littledown Nominees Ltd 10469 476,176Littledown Nominees Ltd 10492 985,771Littledown Nominees Ltd 10491 1,863,834Littledown Nominees Ltd 10488 2,246,492Littledown Nominees Ltd 10489 915,774Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd WWSF0004002 783,985Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd AVOF0003002 1,446,719Roy Nominees 104450 253,524State Street Nominees Ltd JTAV 216,409State Street Nominees Ltd JY17 2,608,060 22,253,957 ------------ 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/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares 10. Date of transaction Not advised 11. Date company informed 3 May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 22,253,957 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.15% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Shanny Looi - 01908 359 100 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Jon Green - Company Secretary Date of notification 3 May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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