RNS Number:7136R
Cobham PLC
5 November 2003


Revised Amendment No. 20

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:      Cobham Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:                   Ordinary Shares

     A     FMR Corp
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO). investment manager for US mutual funds and Fidelity 
           Management Trust Company (FMTC), A US state chartered bank which acts 
           as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust 
           accounts.  (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders 
           and their holdings.)

     B     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and Fidelity 
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US 
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International 
           Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (e) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
       notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
       the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
       that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
       Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
       or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of 
       the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
       notifications on a joint basis.

6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
       namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
       to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
       control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
       respectively.

SCHEDULE A
                                                     Revised
SECURITY: Cobham Plc                                 Amendment No 20


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(ordinary
 Shares)

                         1,150,000     FMRCO     HSBC
                             5,100     FMTC      STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                             9,060     FMTC      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                             6,700     FMTC      BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
                           989,629     FISL      CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                           276,545     FPM       CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                           325,643     FPM       BANKERS TRUST
                            19,316     FPM       CITIBANK
                            28,300     FPM       MSS NOMINEES LTD
                            66,400     FPM       HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE 
                                                 (UK) LIMITED
                            74,400     FPM       MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                            92,234     FIL       MSS NOMINEES LTD
                           229,573     FIL       NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                           150,150     FIL       BANKERS TRUST
                            42,470     FIL       BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD
                           308,768     FIL       RBS TRUST BANK
                            40,289     FIL       MORGAN STANLEY
                           150,180     FIL       STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                           317,846     FIL       NORTHERN TRUST
                            15,500     FIL       HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE    
                                                 (UK) LIMITED
                            73,200     FIL        JP MORGAN
                           132,661     FIL       CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                            37,200     FIL       CITIBANK
                            13,600     FIL       DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON
                           949,170     FIL       BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON
                           318,119     FIL       CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                           256,960     FIL       STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                            11,000     FIL       MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                           150,408     FIL       BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 


TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:   6,240,421

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  5.62%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       110,964,325

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           (1,212,494) ORDINARY SHARES





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