Item 8.01. Other Events.
In December 2008, Polypore International Inc. ("the Company") and the union at
its lead-acid battery separator plant in Owensboro, Kentucky agreed to a new
labor contract. The new contract was ratified by the union on December 30, 2008
and will remain in effect through April 1, 2012. This contract replaces the
existing labor contract that was scheduled to expire on March 30, 2010."
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