Filtrona is committed to high standards of corporate governance, corporate responsibility and risk management throughout the Company. The Board is accountable to the Company’s shareholders for the standards of governance which are maintained across Filtrona's diverse range of international businesses.

Compliance with the Combined Code
As a listed company, Filtrona confirms that throughout the year ended 31 December 2008 the Company has complied with the 2006 version of the Combined Code of Corporate Governance issued by the Financial Reporting Council (the ‘Code’).

The Company applies the Code's principles of openess, integrity and accountability through it's own behaviour, by monitoring corporate governance best practice and by adopting appropriate recommendations of relevant professional bodies.  The policies and procedures adopted by the Board and applicable to the Filtrona businesses are documented in a manual which sets out the roles and delegated authorities applying to the Board, the Executive Committee and the businesses.  This manual is updated whenever necessary.