Holding in Company

Filtronic PLC
20 October 2000

Filtronic plc

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1995 (as amended) a notification
has been received on 19 October 2000 from FMR Corp, 82 Devonshire Street,
Boston, MA 02109, USA in which they advise that FMR Corp and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, have a
notifiable interest in 5,821,185 Ordinary Shares in the share capital of
Filtronic plc, representing 8.05 per cent of the Ordinary capital.