Result of AGM

Filtrona plc 26 April 2006 Filtrona plc Results of the Annual General Meeting Filtrona plc (the 'Company') held its first Annual General Meeting of its shareholders today, Wednesday 26 April 2006 at 12 noon. The proxy voting figures received are shown below. No. Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the Report of the Directors, the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2005 and the Report of the Auditor thereon Votes for/discretionary 143,738,842 99.56% Votes against 632,697 0.44% Total votes cast 144,371,539 100% Votes withheld 434,147 Poll No 2 To receive and adopt the Report of the Remuneration Committee for the year ended 31 December 2005 Votes for/discretionary 139,630,992 96.72% Votes against 4,740,162 3.28% Total votes cast 144,371,154 100% Votes withheld 434,532 Poll No 3 To declare a final dividend of 4.27p per share for the year ended 31 December 2005 Votes for/discretionary 144,380,702 100% Votes against 1,082 - Total votes cast 144,381,784 100% Votes withheld 423,902 Poll No 4 To re-elect Mark Harper as a Director of the Company Votes for/discretionary 143,345,802 99.28% Votes against 1,035,508 0.72% Total votes cast 144,381,310 100% Votes withheld 424,376 Poll No 5 To re-elect Steve Dryden as a Director of the Company Votes for/discretionary 143,347,146 99.28% Votes against 1,034,164 0.72% Total votes cast 144,381,310 100% Votes withheld 424,376 Poll No 6 To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration Votes for/discretionary 143,354,924 99.29% Votes against 1,024,235 0.71% Total votes cast 144,379,159 100% Votes withheld 426,527 Poll No 7 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities Votes for/discretionary 142,205,487 98.50% Votes against 2,171,086 1.50% Total votes cast 144,376,573 100% Votes withheld 429,113 Poll No 8 To authorise the Directors to modify pre-emption rights Votes for/discretionary 142,421,681 99.99% Votes against 18,663 0.01% Total votes cast 142,440,344 100% Votes withheld 2,365,342 Poll No 9 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares Votes for/discretionary 144,365,000 99.99% Votes against 14,087 0.01% Total votes cast 144,379,087 100% Votes withheld 426,599 Poll No Number of shareholders at meeting date: 4,913 Issued share capital at meeting date: 219,326,796 ordinary shares of 25p each Number of votes per share: 1 All the Resolutions proposed at the Meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available on our website at www.filtrona.com) were passed on a show of hands. Two copies of the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS Name of contact and telephone number for queries -Shanny Looi Telephone: 01908 359 100 E-mail: shannylooi@filtrona.com Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Jon Green, Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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