SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FORM 6-K REPORT of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the month of: February 2004 Filtronic plc (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) The Waterfront, Salts Mill Road, Saltaire, Shipley West Yorkshire BD18 3TT, UK (Address of principal executive offices) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F _ X _ Form 40-F _ _ _ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in the Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Yes _ _ _ No _ X _ <Page> SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised. Filtronic plc Date: February 10, 2004 By: /s/ Maura Moynihan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Name: Maura Moynihan Title: General Counsel SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company Filtronic plc 2. Name of director J Samuel 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 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Shareholder named in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) J Samuel 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Sale 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 80,000 10. Percentage of issued class 0.11% 11. Class of security 10p Ordinary Shares 12. Price per share 4.70 13. Date of transaction 10 February 2004 14. Date company informed 10 February 2004 15. Total holding following this notification 370,459 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.496% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Christopher Schofield telephone No 01274 231166 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Christopher Schofield Date of Notification 10 February 2004