Holding(s) in Company

Filtronic PLC
23 August 2004


The company has received the following letters:

18 August 2004

                                                      Legal & General
                                                      Investment Management
                                                      Bucklersbury House
                                                      3 Queen Victoria Street
                                                      London EC4N 8NH


Filtronic
The Waterfront
Salts Mill Road
Saltaire, Shipley
West Yorkshire BD18 3TT
Attn: Company Secretary


Disclosure of Interest in shares under Section 198

Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General
Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your company:


Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945                20,993
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 887711               323,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245               291,800
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206             1,893,604
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381               143,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203               101,605
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509               100,411
                                                            _________      _____
                                                            2,874,913      3.85%
                                                            _________      _____


We currently have a notifiable interest in 2,874,913 Ordinary 10p shares which
we understand represents 3.84% of that class of your share capital calculated on
an issued share capital of 74,765,944 Ordinary 10p shares.

Should you wish to discuss any aspect of this notification, please do not
hesitate to contact Helen Lewis on 020 7528 6742.


Yours faithfully,

Helen Tasker                                                Lee Toms
Authorised Signatory                                        Authorised Signatory




The company has received the following letter:

                                                     Goldman Sachs International
                                                     Peterborough Court
                                                     133 Fleet Street
                                                     London EC4A 2BB

19 August 2004

The Company Secretary
Filtronic plc
The Waterfront
Salts Mill Road, Saltaire
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 3TT

Fax No: 01274-531561


Dear Sir/Madam

UK COMPANIES ACT 1985 - SECTIONS 198-203 - Filtronic plc (the 'Company')

This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital
of the Company ('shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed
by sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act').

It has come to our attention that at close of business on 18 August 2003, The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, was
interested in 2,307,809 shares.

Of these 2,307,809 shares,
     
a)   The interest in 2,014,615 shares arose from the interest held by Goldman, 
     Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as 
     custodian for its customers.  These shares are, or will be, registered in 
     the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited.

b)   The interest in 293,194 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by 
     Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc.  
     These shares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP.

A copy of this fax is being sent to you by post.  Please do not hesitate to
contact me should you have any questions.


Yours faithfully

Stuart Mclerie
for and on behalf of
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.


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