Holding(s) in Company

Filtronic PLC
17 October 2003



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Filtronic plc



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Fidelity International Limited and certain of its
subsidiary companies, also
comprising the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C
Johnson 3rd, principal
shareholder of Fidelity International Limited



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is
a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Non-beneficial interest



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the

number of shares held by each of them


See attached schedule



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


395,607



6. Percentage of issued class


0.531%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/a



8. Percentage of issued class


N/a



9. Class of security


Ordinary shares



10. Date of transaction


Notification was dated 14 October 2003



11. Date company informed


14 October 2003



12. Total holding following this notification


9,032,783



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


12.12%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Maura Moynihan [phone]



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for

making this notification


Maura Moynihan



Date of notification

15 October 2003


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                                 Filtronic plc

                     Schedule to Schedule 10 15.10.03 - FIL


Registered Holder             Shares Held

Chase Nominees Ltd            5,340,570
Chase Manhatten Bank London   25,663
Nortrust Nominees Ltd         594,880
Bankers Trust                 919,562
MSS Nominees Ltd              55,300
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd      147,650
RBS Trust Bank                399,560
Citibank                      66,850
Bank of New York London       510,451
Northern Trust                336,690
HSBC                          444,207
Deutche Bank                  47,600
Mellon Nominees Ltd           40,100
Bank of New York Brussels     103,700

TOTAL                         9,032,783




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