RNS Number:5364T
Cobham PLC
22 December 2003

Closing Amendment No. 1

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 fund 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) (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. 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.


7.     Inasmuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% or greater of the 
       share capital, FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and 
       Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries 
       have no further reporting obligation under Section 198 to 202 of the UK 
       Companies Act. This statement speaks as of its date, and no inference 
       should be drawn that no change has occurred in the facts set forth herein 
       after the date hereof.





SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Cobham Plc                                              Amendment No 1


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
(Ordinary                            COMPANY     NAME
  Shares)

                      1,150,000     FMRCO        HSBC
                          5,100     FMRCO        STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                          8,760     FMTC         STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                          6,500     FMTC         BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
                         594,707    FISL         CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                          66,400    FPM          HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE 
                                                  (UK) LIMITED
                          35,300    FPM          MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                          67,234    FIL          MSS NOMINEES LTD
                          12,400    FIL          NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                         135,450    FIL          BANKERS TRUST
                         115,600    FIL          RBS TRUST BANK
                          58,280    FIL          STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                          97,200    FIL          NORTHERN TRUST
                          26,700    FIL          JP MORGAN
                          86,541    FIL          CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                          37,200    FIL          CITIBANK
                          14,800    FIL          DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON
                         455,859    FIL          BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON
                         224,701    FIL          CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                           9,900    FIL          STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                          11,000    FIL          MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                          59,100    FIL          BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                     


TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 3,278,732

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  2.95%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      110,958,985

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           (64,457) ORDINARY SHARES





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