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Victrex PLC 24 January 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY VICTREX PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST PRUDENTIAL PLC 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 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) ( N/A %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 700,000 8) (0.89%) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES AT 1p 10) Date of transaction 24.01.01 11) Date company informed 24.01.01 12) Total holding following this notification 12,410,865 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.75 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JOAN LITTLEWOOD: (01253) 897724 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification: 24.01.2001 Letter to: Victrex Technology Centre Companies Act 1985 (as amended): Disclosure of Interests in Shares In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'), we write to inform you that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company as detailed in the schedule below. For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified in the schedule below is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R 0HH. Tom Dowler 020 7548 3427 Letter from: M&G Investment Management Limited SCHEDULE NOTIFIABLE POSITION REPORT FOR VICTREX ORD GBP0.01 AS AT 23 JANUARY 2001 Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 78,766,373 ORD GBP0.01 shares Registered Holder Holding % Prudential 12,410,865 15.75 Total plc Notifiable Interest CHASE NOMS LT A/C 14914 376,824 CHASE NOMS LT A/C 14922 751,839 CLYDESDALE BK (H.OFF) NOMS LTD 733,406 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD CHI 1,150,000 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGA 930,849 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGB 2,000,000 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGC 2,054,663 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGI 751,308 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGT 6,300 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD RIT 835,850 ESMEE FAIRBAIRN CHARITABLE TST 308,000 M&G INNOVATOR FUND 439,350 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 1,522,476 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 550,000

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