Holding in Company

Victrex PLC
7 November 2001


                 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

VICTREX PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

BARCLAYS


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.

N/K


6)   ( N/K %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/K


8)   ( N/K %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY 1P SHARES


10)  Date of transaction



11)  Date company informed

7.11.01


12)  Total holding following this notification

N/K

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

UNDER 3%


14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries



16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification .....7TH NOVEMBER 2001


LETTER TO: VICTREX PLC

Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI

I refer to our previous correspondence and now inform you that as of the date of
this letter Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, no longer 
has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company.

According to our records your Company's issued Share Capital is 79,430,012. 


LETTER FROM:  GEOFF SMITH
              BARCLAYS PLC