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Victrex PLC 11 December 2000 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY VICTREX PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST CGNU PLC 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) ( N/A %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY 1p SHARES 10) Date of transaction 11) Date company informed 11/12/00 12) Total holding following this notification 4,553,500 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.79% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries J LITTLEWOOD 01253 897724 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification .....11th DECEMBER 2000..... LETTER TO: VICTREX PLC Dated 8 December 2000 VICTREX PLC (THE 'COMPANY') This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 16 October 2000. This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company (the 'shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act'). 1. Notification on behalf of Norwich Union Investment Management Limited (a subsidiary of CGNU plc). 1.1 Norwich Union Investment Management limited no longer have a notifiable interest in the shares. 2. Notification on behalf of CGNU plc. 2.1 We hereby notify you that the aggregate total holding of CGNU plc in the shares is 4,553,500 giving the CGNU group a total percentage interest in the shares of 5.79%. 2.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out in the Appendix below. We are only required to notify interests which are defined as material interests when the holding is equal to 3% or more of the Company's relevant share capital. The term material interests exclude certain categories where we do not hold a beneficial interest, for example where the shares are held in an Authorised Unit Trust Scheme or Open Ended Investment Company. Holdings in those categories are therefore not included in the holding notified under this letter. LETTER FROM: CGNU PLC APPENDIX: NORWICH UNION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 2,020,282 (material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF NORWICH UNION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 2.57% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 78,595,396 APPENDIX: CGNU PLC REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 2,020,282 (material) Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 1,966,718 (material) Chase GA Pension Nominees Limited 129,500 (material) CUIM Nominee Limited 437,000 (material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF CGNU PLC: 5.79% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 78,595,396

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