Holding in Company

Filtronic PLC
5 October 2000


Filtronic plc

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1995 (as amended)
a notification has been received on 5 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 5,158,998 Ordinary
Shares in the share capital of Filtronic plc, representing
7.14 per cent of the Ordinary capital.