Holding(s) in Company

Victrex PLC
4 February 2003


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     VICTREX PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     LEGAL & GENERAL

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. 

     -

6)   ( - %) of issued Class 

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   ( - %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 1p EACH 

10)  Date of transaction

     -

11)  Date company informed

     03.02.03 

12)  Total holding following this notification

     2,624,988
             
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 

     3.29% 

14)  Any additional information 

     -     

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries 

     SONYA J. MOORE         
     01253 897708 

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

     Date of Notification .......4 FEBRUARY 2003..... 


Letter to Victrex plc - dated 3 February 2003


Disclosure of Interest in shares

In accordance with our responsibilities under the Companies Act 1985, we wish to 
notify you of Legal & General Group Plc's current holding in your shares. These
holdings are not subject to a concert party and will be registered as follows:


Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 887711               96,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245              362,480
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206            1,794,585
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381              158,640
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 363605               15,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203              108,622
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509               89,661
                                                          ----------    ------ 
                                                           2,624,988     3.29%
                                                          ==========    ======

Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued
share capital is 79,632,823, which is the figure quoted by Exshare.

Letter from Legal & General Investment Management


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