Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Victrex plc announced that Chief Executive Officer Jakob Sigurdsson exercised share options on 12 December 2025, acquiring 29,297 ordinary shares at a price of £6.482174 per share. He sold 13,819 shares to cover costs and retained the remaining 15,478 shares. This transaction involved nil cost options granted under the Victrex 2019 Long Term Incentive Plan and the 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan, including dividend equivalents.

Disclaimer*

Victrex PLC
15 December 2025
 

Victrex plc (the Company) is an innovative world leader in high performance polymer solutions, delivering sustainable products which enable environmental and societal benefit in multiple end-markets.  The Company announces that Jakob Sigurdsson (Chief Executive Officer), has exercised share options over ordinary shares in the Company on 12 December 2025 under the Victrex 2019 Long Term Incentive Plan and the 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan

The FCA notification in respect of the above made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, is appended below.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Jakob Sigurdsson

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Executive Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

Victrex plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800UYNPHAUNHPXL67

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

 

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary Shares of 1p each



Identification code

GB0009292243



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Exercise of 29,297 nil cost options, comprising of

394  granted 12 February 2020 and 4,770 granted 12 December 2022 under the Victrex plc 2009 Long Term Incentive Plan and 17,904 nil cost options granted 12 December 2022 under the 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan.  The options comprised of 6,229 shares being made up of a dividend equivalent amounts across the grants. 

 

Sold sufficient shares 13,819 arising from the exercise to cover costs, and retained the balance of 15,478 as shares.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




£6.482174

29,297







d)

 

Aggregated information

n/a single transaction



- Aggregated volume




- Price




e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

2025-12-12

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange

 

About Victrex:

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high performance polymer solutions, focused on the strategic markets of Automotive, Aerospace, Energy & Industrial, Electronics and Medical. Every day, millions of people rely on products or applications which contain our sustainable materials, from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices. With over 40 years' experience, we are moving beyond the polymer into semi-finished and finished products which shape future performance for our customers and our markets, enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and drive value for our shareholders. Find out more at www.victrexplc.com

 

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