1. Name of company
Filtronic plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Professor J D Rhodes

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
Beneficial interest

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
N/a

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/a

6. Percentage of issued class
N/a

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
200,000

8. Percentage of issued class
0.27

9. Class of security
Ordinary shares

10. Date of transaction
4 December 2006

11. Date company informed
5 December 2006

12. Total holding following this notification
3,030,001

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.1%

14. Any additional information

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Maura Moynihan +44 1274 231017

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Date of notification
5 October 2006