Holding(s) in Company
Victrex PLC
6 April 2005
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
VICTREX PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD
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 ABOVE
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
SEE ATTACHED
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
05.04.05
11) Date company informed
05.04.05
12) Total holding following this notification
7,306,449
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.11%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
JANET M MYERS
01253 897439
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ............ 6 APRIL 2005............
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT
1. Company in which shares are held: VICTREX
2. Notifiable Interest:
A FMR Corp
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity
Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust
accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders
and their holdings.)
B Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
P.O. BOX HM 670
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda
Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and Fidelity
Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of
Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited.
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from
reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for
the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate
that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of
the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
notifications on a joint basis.
6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to
control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
respectively.
By Rani Jandu
Regulatory Reporting Manager, FIL - Investment Compliance
Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated August 25, 2004 by Eric D. Roiter
by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
SCHEDULE A
SECURITY: VICTREX PLC Amendment No 6
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
4,399,243 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX TOTAL
21,890 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON TOTAL
260,300 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH TOTAL
125,000 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO TOTAL
267,000 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS TOTAL
27,800 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC TOTAL
89,600 FPM HSBC BANK PLC TOTAL
1,270,096 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH TOTAL
39,800 FPM MELLON BANK TOTAL
435,752 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON TOTAL
369,968 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL
7,306,449 GRAND TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 9.11%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 80,202,067
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: +464,716 ORDINARY SHARES
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