Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2066X

Victrex PLC

20 June 2008

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Victrex plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Prudential plc group of companies

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

Prudential plc group of companies

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

6. Percentage of issued class

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

.

See item 14

8. Percentage of issued class

See item 14

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 1p each

10. Date of transaction

See item 14

11. Date company informed

19 June 2008

12. Total holding following this notification

No longer a notifiable interest

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Below 5%

14. Any additional information

M&G Investment Management Limited (MAGIM) previously disclosed a holding of 4,419,654 (5.36%). MAGIM has sole investment power but no voting power over funds managed for and on behalf of one of MAGIM's investment advisory clients. As a consequence of legal advice recently received, MAGIM has informed Victrex plc, by virtue of the DTR Handbook section 5.1.2R, of MAGIN's new voting rights position in Victrex plc. This notification now excludes shares currently managed and previously notified to Victrex plc, where the voting rights have been retained by the client.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Claire Salisbury 01253 897477

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

Claire Salisbury Company Secretarial Assistant

Date of notification

20 June 2008

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