Holding(s) in Company

Filtronic PLC
21 December 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of         Filtronic plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                 Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result         No
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights 
are attached.

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                             No

Other (please specify): ______________                                       N/A


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification    Aberforth Partners LLP
obligation:


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
3):
                                                     Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund

                                                     The Church Commissioners for England

                                                     Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust plc


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the        20/12/2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    21/12/2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      12%

8. Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of   Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares          the triggering
                transaction
If possible
                Number of  Number of  Number of shares    Number of voting      Percentage of voting
use ISIN        shares     voting                         rights                rights
                           rights
code                                                      Direct     Indirect   Direct    Indirect

GB0003362992    9,241,930  9,241,930       8,880,130      N/A        8,880,130  N/A       11.95%


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of         Expiration date  Exercise/       No. of voting rights that may  Percentage of voting
financial                                        be acquired (if the instrument rights
instrument                       conversion      exercised/converted)
                                 period/date

N/A             N/A              N/A             N/A                            N/A



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

8,880,130                                            11.95%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Held by Aberforth Partners LLP



Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:                            N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease  N/A
to hold:

12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold     N/A
voting rights:


13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

15. Contact telephone name:




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