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, CHROMIUM (PDMR)
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	Disposal of shares made under the Elementis US Pension Plan and pursuant to a trading plan entered into on 3 May 2010.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) $4.13 34,140
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume - Price	34,140 $140,998.20
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-03-05
f)	Place of the transaction	London, UK