Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Polythene Industries PLC

5th January 2011

British Polythene Industries PLC (the "Company")

Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) Acquisition of Shares

The Company has been informed that the Trustees of the British Polythene Industries Plc LTIP scheme have acquired, on 4th January 2011, 100,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company at a price of £2.42 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, Mr D Pendlebury and Mr 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