AGM Statement

Filtronic PLC
30 September 2005


For release                       7:00 am                      30 September 2005
                                  
                                FILTRONIC PLC
                            Chairman's AGM Statement

Filtronic plc ('Filtronic'), a leading global designer and manufacturer of
customised microwave electronic subsystems for the wireless telecommunications
and defence industries, will hold its AGM in Shipley, West Yorkshire today at
11:00 am.

At the meeting Professor David Rhodes, Chairman, intends to make the following
statement to shareholders:

'At last year's AGM, I announced the Board's intention to dispose of the Handset
Products business with the primary objective of repaying long term debt, which
has been a burden to Filtronic in a period of market recovery.  I am pleased to
advise that the disposal was completed on 8 September for an initial
consideration of €67 million (approximately £46.6m, or approximately $82.8m)
and, in consequence, we have repaid the long term debt of £44m.

Since the end of the last financial year we have decided to discontinue a
loss-making Wireless Infrastructure operation in Australia and to restructure
our sales approach in merchant semiconductors, closing a sales office in the US.
These decisions were implemented in the first quarter and the costs will be
borne in the current half-year.  Underlying trading performance is in line with
expectations and the results for this half-year will include the full impact of
closure and restructuring costs of around £1 million.

The anticipated performance for the full financial year to 31 May 2006 remains
in line with expectations including absorbing the closure and restructuring
costs borne in the first half-year.

In the preliminary announcement of 1 August 2005, I also indicated the
importance to Filtronic of achieving an aggressive ramp-up in semiconductor
output from the Newton Aycliffe foundry in Integrated Products to service demand
for handset switches from our major customer, RF Micro Devices.  I am pleased to
report that we are in line with our plan, with a greater than six-fold increase
in wafer output (to over 230 wafers a week) over the last six months.'

For further information, please contact:

Filtronic plc

Professor David Rhodes, Chairman                    07850 827 280 (mobile)
Professor John Roulston, Group CEO                  07800 706 318 (mobile)
Charles Hindson, Group Finance Director             07800 706 319 (mobile)

Filtronic website:           www.filtronic.com

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