Pall Corporation Awards The Nature Conservancy $100,000 for Shellfish Restoration

Specialty Filter Manufacturer Helps Restore ‘Nature’s Filters’

Cold Spring Harbor, NY—February 9, 2006—The Nature Conservancy announced today that it has been awarded a $100,000 grant for shellfish restoration from Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL). Headquartered on Long Island, Pall is the world’s leading provider of filtration, separation and purification tools for industrial and life sciences markets.

The grant will aid The Nature Conservancy in its ongoing efforts to improve the water quality of Long Island’s harbors, bays and estuaries through the restoration of native hard clams and scallops. Shellfish, which act as natural filters, help clean and revitalize our waters by removing pollutants and other contaminants. During the 1970s, there were enough hard clams to filter the entire volume of the Great South Bay every day. Today, only 1% of the Great South Bay is filtered daily. Restored and properly managed shellfish populations can renew once-thriving fisheries and recreational opportunities that are part of Long Island’s rich maritime heritage.

“This generous contribution from Pall will help expand the Conservancy’s innovative shellfish restoration efforts across Long Island’s bays and harbors,” said Nancy Kelley, executive director of The Nature Conservancy on Long Island. “It will also assist us in realizing our recently launched campaign, Long Island’s Last Stand, a 10-year initiative to restore hundreds of thousands of acres of important marine habitat and preserve the Island’s remaining critical open space. We are thankful for their support.”

The Nature Conservancy is undertaking a comprehensive shellfish restoration program in the Peconic Estuary and South Shore bays at an unprecedented scale by raising hatchery reared hard clams and stocking them in “spawner sanctuaries,” protected areas in which the shellfish have a better chance to grow and multiply. To date, the Conservancy has stocked nearly 1 million hard clams in the Great South Bay.

Eric Krasnoff, Chairman and CEO of Pall Corporation said, “It is an honor to join with others in the community to support this important environmental preservation program. This shellfish restoration effort is an innovative approach to habitat restoration and is being closely watched by scientists internationally."