RNS Number:9763Q
Cobham PLC
16 October 2003

                                                                 Amendment No 19


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

       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)(h) 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 and efficiency. 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

SECURITY: Cobham Plc                                             Amendment No 19


                                   MANAGEMENT    
                    SHARES HELD       COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME      
                                     
(Ordinary Shares)          
                      1,150,000         FMRCO    HSBC
                          5,100         FMRCO    State Street Bank & Trust
                          9,060          FMTC    State Street Nominees Ltd.
                          6,400          FMTC    Brown Brothers Harriman
                      1,091,429          FISL    Chase Nominees Ltd
                        276,545           FPM    Chase Nominees Ltd
                        335,143           FPM    Bankers Trust
                         37,516           FPM    Citibank
                         38,000           FPM    MSS Nominees Ltd
                         66,400           FPM    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                 (UK) Limited
                         92,900           FPM    Mellon Nominees Ltd
                         92,234           FIL    MSS Nominees Ltd
                        303,173           FIL    Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                        146,450           FIL    Bankers Trust
                         42,470           FIL    BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                        424,168           FIL    RBS Trust Bank
                         78,189           FIL    Morgan Stanley
                        304,690           FIL    State Street Nominees LTD
                        416,476           FIL    Northern Trust
                         31,213           FIL    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                 (UK) Limited
                        118,400           FIL    JP Morgan
                        139,261           FIL    Chase Nominees Ltd
                         37,200           FIL    Citibank
                         13,600           FIL    Deutsche Bank AG, London
                      1,218,570           FIL    Bank of New York, London
                        449,519           FIL    Chase Manhattan Bank London
                        321,301           FIL    State Street Bank & Trust
                         11,000           FIL    Mellon Nominees Ltd
                        196,508           FIL    Bank of New York Brussels

Total Ordinary 
Shares                7,452,915          

Current ownership 
percentage:                6.72%          
          
Shares in issue:    110,954,956          

Change in holdings 
since last filing:   (1,352,149) ordinary shares     


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