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Victrex PLC 12 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 2 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 8.12.03 11) Date company informed 11.12.03 12) Total holding following this notification 4,023,821 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.07% 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 .....12/12/03..... Amendment #2 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 (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 and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 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. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: Victrex Plc Amendment #2 MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME (Ordinary Shares) 323,080 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd 93,900 FPM Northern Trust 2,565,829 FIL HSBC Client Holding Nominee (UK) Limited 102,100 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London 141,000 FIL Northern Trust 7,000 FIL State Street Bank & Trust 76,400 FIL Bank of New York London 545,312 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd 169,200 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd Total Ordinary Shares 4,023,821 Current ownership percentage: 5.07% Shares in issue: 79,384,020 Change in holdings since last filing: +790,500 ordinary shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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