Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification and public disclosure of 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	DENNIS VALENTINO
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PRESIDENT, ELEMENTIS CHROMIUM
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	ELEMENTIS PLC
b)	LEI	549300LQIH685LI2ML36
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 Identification code	SHARES GB0002418548
b)	Nature of the transaction	GRANT OF OPTIONS OVER 9,890 ORDINARY SHARES IN ELEMENTIS PLC UNDER THE U.S. SHARESAVE PLAN 2008.  THE OPTIONS ARE EXERCISABLE FROM 31 AUGUST 2018 AT AN OPTION PRICE OF 185.30 PENCE.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) N/A N/A
d)	Aggregated information
	-Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-08-31
f)	Place of the transaction	OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE