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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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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