Holding(s) in Company

Victrex PLC
2 March 2004


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


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)   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

     -


11)  Date company informed

     02.03.04


12)  Total holding following this notification

     3,253,821
               

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     4.05%


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 

     2 MARCH 2004



Letter to Victrex plc 
Dated 1 March, 2004


Disclosure of Interest in shares Under Section 198

Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General 
Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your company:

Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945               35,263
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 887711              550,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245              362,480
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206            1,901,295
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381              154,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 363605               52,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203              108,622
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509               89,661
                                                          ----------    ------ 
                                                           3,253,821     4.05%
                                                          ==========    ======

We currently have a notifiable interest in 3,253,821 Ord 1p shares which we 
understand represents 4.05% of that class of your share capital calculated on 
an issued share capital of 80,219,042 Ord 1p shares.


Letter from Legal & General Investment Management Limited


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