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Filtronic PLC

14 December 2020

14 December 2020

Filtronic plc

("Filtronic" or the "Company")

Non-Executive Director Appointment

Filtronic plc (AIM: FTC), the designer and manufacturer of products for the critical communications, wireless telecoms and defence & aerospace markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Behrendt as a non-executive director and member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees with effect from 1 January 2021.

John will become chair of the Audit Committee with effect from the publication of our interim results to allow for a managed transition. Reg Gott has been acting as interim chair of the Audit Committee following the previous chair's retirement on 29 October 2020.

John has over thirty years of experience in a combination of executive and non-executive roles and qualified as an accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). He was Head of Principal Investments with Eight Roads, part of the Fidelity network of companies, from 2015 until January 2020. John has held a number of leadership and operational roles, including, as CEO of Optegra, an international health care company; as CEO/CFO of Frontier Silicon Limited, a VC backed supplier of components/software for mobile devices and digital audio markets; as CFO for Teraview Limited, an instrumentation devices company operating in the pharmaceutical and defence markets; and as CFO for Alphamosaic Limited, a VC backed fabless chip company.

John obtained his CIMA qualification with General Motors and subsequently held early career roles in commercial and finance management at McDonall Douglas Inc and MDIS plc.

Reg Gott, Chairman, commented: "I am delighted John has agreed to join the board of Filtronic plc. He is a highly experienced finance specialist with considerable background in business growth development and his skills, expertise and insights will be of great benefit to the Company as we move forward with our strategic development plans. "

John Behrendt said : "I am delighted to be joining Filtronic at this exciting phase of the Company's development and look forward to working as part of the Board to evolve and develop an ambitious strategy for growth."

Enquiries:

 
 Filtronic plc                               Tel. 0113 220 0000 or investor.relations@filtronic.com 
 Reg Gott (Executive Chairman) 
 Michael Tyerman (Chief Financial Officer) 
 
 
 finnCap Ltd                                 Tel. 020 7220 0500 
 Jonny Franklin-Adams / Kate Washington (Corporate Finance) 
 Alice Lane / Sunila de Silva (ECM) 
 
 Walbrook PR Limited                         Tel. 020 7933 8780 or 
                                              filtronic@walbrookpr.com 
 Paul Vann                                   Mob. 07768 807631

Notes:

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

Additional Information

The following disclosures are made in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies. Other than this information, there is no further information required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies:

 
 Full Name                          John Bernard Behrendt 
 Age                                59 
                                   -------------------------------- 
 Current beneficial shareholding 
  in the Company                    0% 
                                   -------------------------------- 
 Current Directorships              Former Directorships (previous 
                                     five years) 
                                   -------------------------------- 
  The Old Flour Mills Limited       Romax Technology Limited 
                                     Optegra International Limited 
                                     Picsolve International Limited 
                                     Picsolve Holdings Limited 
                                     DoctorLink Limited 
                                     DoctorLink Innovations Limited 
                                     Amantys Limited 
                                     Medvivo Group Limited 
                                     Sourcefield Limited 
                                     Sourcetrack LImited 
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