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Victrex PLC 19 December 2003 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY VICTREX PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (FIL) 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 AS ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1P EACH 10) Date of transaction 18.12.03 11) Date company informed 18.12.03 12) Total holding following this notification 4,887,162 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.16% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JANET M MYERS 01253 897708 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 19 DECEMBER 2003 Amendment 3 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Victrex PLC 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment manager 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 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 (l)(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 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. Eric D. Roiter Senior V.P. & General Counsel - FMR Co. Schedule A Security: Victrex Plc MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME (Ordinary Shares) 356,580 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd 108,600 FPM Northern Trust 3,292,082 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 134,000 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London 163,400 FIL Northern Trust 15,900 FIL State Street Bank & Trust 89,400 FIL Bank of New York London 558,000 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd 169,200 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd Total Ordinary Shares 4,887,162 Current ownership percentage: 6.16% Shares in issue: 79,384,020 Change in holdings since last filing: +863,341 ordinary shares SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) NAME OF COMPANY VICTREX PLC 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR MR JONATHAN AZIS 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 an non-beneficial interest MR JONATHAN AZIS 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) AS 2 ABOVE 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 PURCHASE 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 1,125 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 10) Percentage of issued Class 11) Class of security 1P ORDINARY 12) Price per share £3.34 13) Date of transaction 18.12.03 14) Date company informed 18.12.03 15) Total holding following this notification 1,125 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification N/A 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 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 19 DECEMBER 2003 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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