Director/PDMR Shareholding

Victrex PLC
14 February 2006


Victrex plc (the 'company')


The following Exercise of options in the Company's ordinary 1p shares took place
on 9 February 2006 and were notified to the Company by the relevant Directors on
that date:
     
1.   Exercise of Share options awarded under the Victrex Long Term Incentive 
     Plan:

Director                                   Share options                Date granted      Exercise price
                                               exercised

DR Hummel                                         43,745             25 January 2001                 Nil
MW Peacock                                        22,367             25 January 2001                 Nil
TJ Walker                                         22,367             25 January 2001                 Nil

     
2.   Exercise of Share options awarded under the Victrex 1995 Employee Share 
     Scheme:

Director                                 Share options               Date granted       Exercise price
                                             exercised

BV Souder                                       46,000             3 October 2002                £2.14

     
3.   The following Sale of shares in the Company's ordinary 1p shares took place 
     on 13 February 2006 and were notified to the Company by the relevant
     Directors on that date:

Director                                          Shares sold            Price at which sold

DR Hummel                                              22,294                          £7.56
MW Peacock                                              9,190                          £7.56
TJ Walker                                               9,190                          £7.56
BV Souder                                              41,000                          £7.56

The share sales were made in order to fund the costs of exercising the share
options, including dealing costs, together with the Directors' tax liabilities
arising on exercise of the options.  In addition 15,500 shares were sold by BV
Souder for personal reasons.


The position of the relevant Directors following the above transactions is as
follows:

Director            Number of shares in    Number of shares Number of shares  Percentage of issued
                       which interested       over which an        under the        Class of Share
                       in, beneficially      option is held     Victrex Long  Capital (under s.198
                                    and                       Term Incentive Companies Act 1985 as
                       non-beneficially                                 Plan              amended)

DR Hummel                     3,660,080                   -          238,717                 5.01%
MW Peacock                       38,146                   -          163,562                 0.24%
TJ Walker                        83,895                   -          157,735                 0.30%
BV Souder                         7,000              54,000          150,144                 0.26%



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