Filtronic Regulatory News (FTC)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Filtronic PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Gartmore Investment Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

See Attached Schedule

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

4th August 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5th August 2010 (received by issuer 9th August)

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

11%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

7,712,967

7,712,967

8,262,967

8,262,967

11.118%

GB0003362992

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

8,262,967

11.118%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 74,323,093 as provided by Exshare

E mail contact RDU@Gardmore.com

14. Contact name:

RDU

15. Contact telephone number:

020 782 2324

Share Description

Fund Managing Co.

Shares held

% of Issued Share Capital

UK Registered Owner

Beneficial Owner

Filtronic ORD GBP 0.10

EQUITIES

Gartmore Fund Managers limited

1,161,775

1.563%

HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd

Gartmore Fund Mangers Ltd A/C Gartmore Uk & Irish Smaller Companies

Gartmore Investment limited

1,825,512

2.456%

Nortrust Nominees Limited

Strathclyde Pension Fund

5,275,680

7.098%

BNY GIL CLT Account Nominees Ltd

Gartmore Fledgling Trust ltd

Total

8,262,967

11.118%