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RNS Number : 1896L  Victrex PLC  11 December 2025

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Victrex plc (the Company) is an innovative world leader in high performance
polymer solutions, delivering sustainable products which enable environmental
and societal benefit in multiple end-markets.  The Company announces details
of the grant of share option awards on 10 December 2025 to the Company's
Executive Directors in respect of Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company.
 

Two separate awards were granted:

1.  Jakob Sigurdsson (Chief Executive Officer) and Ian Melling (Chief
Financial Officer) of the Company have received a deferred bonus award (based
on a partial bonus being triggered, for non-profit metrics including
underlying operating cash conversion) in respect of the Company's financial
year ended 30 September 2025 granted under the Company's 2017 Deferred Bonus
Plan.  The awards vest on the third anniversary of the grant and are not
subject to any performance criteria.

2.  Ian Melling received an award of nil cost options under the Company's
2019 Long Term Incentive Plan.   The award vests on the third anniversary of
the grant, subject to the satisfaction of pre-determined performance
conditions and any vested shares will be subject to a two-year holding period
thereafter.

The FCA notification in respect of the above made in accordance with the
requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, is appended below.

Transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons
closely associated with them.

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         1.   Jakob Sigurdsson

                                                                   2.   Ian Melling

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              1.    Chief Executive Officer

                                                                   2.    Chief Financial Officer

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Victrex plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800UYNPHAUNHPXL67

 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of

    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
      place where transactions have been conducted

 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares of 1p each

      Identification code

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of Options under the Victrex 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                               Price(s)                Volume(s)
                                                                   1           Nil cost                16,189
                                                                   2           Nil cost                8,192

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          n/a

      - Price                                                      Nil

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      2025-12-10

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside a trading venue

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Ian Melling

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Chief Financial Officer

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Victrex plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800UYNPHAUNHPXL67

 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of

    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
      place where transactions have been conducted

 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares of 1p each

      Identification code

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of a Nil Cost Option under the Victrex 2019 Long Term Incentive Plan

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                           Price(s)                Volume(s)
                                                                   1.                      Nil cost                96,207

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          n/a

      - Price                                                      Nil

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      2025-12-10

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside a trading venue

 

About Victrex:

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high performance polymer solutions,
focused on the strategic markets of Automotive, Aerospace, Energy &
Industrial, Electronics and Medical. Every day, millions of people rely on
products or applications which contain our sustainable materials, from
smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.
With over 40 years' experience, we are moving beyond the polymer into
semi-finished and finished products which shape future performance for our
customers and our markets, enable environmental and societal benefit for our
customers and drive value for our shareholders. Find out more at
www.victrexplc.com (http://www.victrexplc.com)

 

 

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