Holding(s) in Company

Victrex PLC
15 January 2007

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Victrex plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Schroder Investment Management Limited

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 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), registered in the name of;
Chase Nominees limited; 6,251,727
Schroder Nominees, registered in the name of;
Bank of Ireland Securities Services: 67,749
British Coal Staff Superannuation :800,000
Brown Brothers Harriman: 3,455
Chase Nominees Limited: 290,000
JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA: 1,330,871
Mineworkers Pension Scheme: 1,042,759
Nortrust Nominees Limited: 275,000
Nykredit Portefoije Administration: 1,518
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (SIMNA Ltd): 280,952
Schroder & Co. Limited (S&Co), registered in the name of;
Brown Brothers Harriman: 15,000

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

15 January 2007

11. Date company informed

15 January 2007

12. Total holding following this notification

10,359,031

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

12.662%

14. Any additional information




15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Sonya Moore

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

Sonya Moore

Assistant Company Secretary



Date of notification


15 January 2007



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