Re. Special Dividend

Filtronic PLC
06 May 2008



                                 Filtronic plc



                                Special Dividend





Filtronic plc announces that, following the completion of the capital reduction
approved by shareholders on 28 March 2008, it will pay a special dividend of
120p per share on Friday 30 May 2008, to those shareholders on the register on
23 May 2008. The ex-dividend date will be 21 May 2008.



This special dividend, which will be paid by way of an interim dividend, will
amount to approximately £89.2 million, based on the issued share capital of
74,323,093 ordinary shares as at 6 May 2008. In connection with this special
dividend, interim accounts for Filtronic plc (for the period 1 June 2007 to 22
April 2008) have been approved by the Board and were filed at Companies House,
on 2 May 2008, as required by the Companies Act 2006.



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