Victrex plc at its annual general meeting to be held on February 9, 2018, recommended for election of two new non-executive directors, Ms. Janet Ashdown and Mr. Brendan Connolly. Subject to shareholder approval, Ms. Ashdown and Mr. Connolly will be appointed as Directors at the Meeting. Mr. Patrick De Smedt, non-executive director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee will step down from the Board at the AGM. Ms. Janet Ashdown has over 30 years' experience of the international energy sector in a variety of senior executive roles at BP plc, most recently as Director, BP Oil UK Limited, and Head of UK Retail and Commercial Fuels. Mr. Brendan Connolly has over 35 years' experience in the international oil and gas industry serving in a number of senior executive roles. Until June 2013, Brendan was a senior executive at Intertek Group plc and had previously been chief executive officer of Moody International.