Directors' Dealings

Victrex PLC
8 March 2000



Victrex plc

Notification of interests of directors and connected persons pursuant to
sections 198 and 324 of the Companies Act 1985 as amended

The attached notifications are made pursuant to the following:

1.  The award of ordinary shares to the directors listed in the attached
    schedule on 29 January 1999, pursuant to the Victrex long-term incentive    
   plan.  The plan was approved by shareholders on 26 January 1999.

2.  The subsequent lapse of awards of ordinary shares made at 1 above, and
    share options where appropriate, in respect of two directors listed in the
    attached schedule on, or subsequent to the date of their retirement or
    resignation from Victrex plc.

3.  The award of ordinary shares to the directors listed in the attached
    schedule on 7 March 2000 pursuant to the Victrex long-term incentive plan.

Notification in respect of the awards made at 1 above, was originally made to
the Company Announcements Office in a fax dated 29 January 1999 under AVS
879449.

Following a telephone conversation yesterday between Gary Hulme of Victrex plc
and Debbie Crawshaw of your enquiries department, we have been advised that no
formal Stock Exchange announcement was in fact made in respect of this original
notification. We therefore today include details of this original notification
and make formal notification of the subsequent lapse of awards and share options
(point 2 above), for which we apologise no notification has been previously
made.

We were also advised that a freetext announcement would be appropriate in these
circumstances in place of Schedules 10 and 11.

The shares which are the subject of the awards either have already been, or will
be acquired, if the trustees consider it appropriate, by :

1.   Mourant and Co. Trustees Limited, as trustees of the Victrex plc Employee  
    Trust (in the case of DR Hummel).

The shares which are the subject of the awards have already been acquired by :

2.   Mourant and Co. Capital Trustees Limited, as trustees of the Victrex
     Employee Share Ownership Plan (in the case of the other directors).

The directors are interested in the shares owned, or acquired by the trusts, as
beneficiaries of each relevant trust.

We trust that the above information satisfies the Stock Exchange's requirements.
Please contact either Michael Peacock, or Gary Hulme of Victrex plc, if you have
any questions in connection with this matter.


Director       Shares          Shares          Number of       Shares
               awarded         awarded         shares          awarded
               pursuant to a   pursuant to a   over which an   pursuant to a
               long term       long term       option is held  long term
               incentive plan  incentive plan  lapsing         incentive plan
                               lapsing         following
                               on retirement/  retirement
                               resignation
               29-Jan-99                                       7-Mar-00

DR Hummel      81,247          -                               35,000

J Bamford      49,176          (49,176)        (65,000)        -
-Note 1

PJC Syms       55,882          -                               25,000

DF Tilston     63,314          (63,314)                        -
-Note 2

TJ Walker      -               -                               40,000

M Peacock      -               -                               40,000


                 Position following notification on 7 March 2000

Director       Number of          Number of        Number of     Percentage
               shares in          shares over      shares under  of Issued
               which              which an         a long term   Class of
               interested         option is held   incentive     Share 
               in beneficially                     plan          Capital
               and                                               (under s198
               non-beneficially                                  Companies
                                                                 Act 1985
                                                                 as amended)
               

DR Hummel      3,759,931          112,903          116,247       5.08%          
          

J Bamford      2,467,205          -                -             3.14%
-Note 1

PJC Syms       2,264,286           70,000           80,882       3.08%

DF Tilston         1,000          163,512          -             N/A
-Note 2

TJ Walker          7,500          -                 40,000       N/A

M Peacock      -                  -                 40,000       N/A

Notes:

1.   J Bamford retired as a director of Victrex plc on 28 May 1999.  The shares 
    awarded to J Bamford pursuant to a long term incentive plan lapsed on that  
   day.  The options which J Bamford held in respect of 65,000 shares lapsed    
  on 28 November 1999.

2.   DF Tilston resigned as a director of Victrex plc on 1 February 2000.