Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                         Elementis Plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:ii                                                                GB0002418548 
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            X
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                        Norges Bank             
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                  N/A                     
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                               17 April 2014           
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                               18 April 2014           
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                          Below 3%                
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


8. Notified details:                                                                                 
                                                                                                     
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                         
                                                                                                     
Class/type   Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction     
of           to the triggering                                                                       
shares       transaction                                                                             
                                                                                                     
             Number            Number       Number     Number of voting      % of  voting rights x   
if possible  of                of           of shares  rights                                        
using        Shares            Voting                                                                
the ISIN                       Rights       Direct     Direct xi    Indirect Direct    Indirect      
CODE                                                                xii                              
                                                                                                     
             13,826,053        13,826,053   13,742,975 13,742,975            2.99%                   
GB0002418548                                                                                         
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                  
                                                                                                     
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                 
                                                                                                     
Type of        Expiration       Exercise/               Number of voting              % of voting    
financial      date xiii        Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be            rights         
instrument                                              acquired if the                              
                                                        instrument is                                
                                                        exercised/ converted.                        
                                                                                                     
N/A            N/A              N/A                     N/A                           N/A            
                                                                                                     
                                           
                                                          
                                                                                                     
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                        
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                  
                                                                                                     
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                 
                                                                                                     
Type of       Exercise price   Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting rights % of voting rights    
financial                      date xvii   Conversion  instrument refers to    xix, xx               
instrument                                 period                                                    
                                           xviii                                                     
                                                                                                     
N/A           N/A              N/A         N/A         N/A                     Nominal   Delta       
                                                                                                     
                                                                               N/A       N/A         
                                                                                                     

Total (A+B+C)                                                                                        
                                                                                                     
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                       
                                                                                                     
13,742,975                                         2.99%                                             


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
N/A                                                                                     
       
                                                                                 
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    Norges Bank            
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease              N/A                    
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                N/A                    
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                             None                            
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                       Sai Aanandha Shankhar           
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                           [phone]                   
                                                                                        
This notification is made in accordance with Rule 5.8.12 R(1) of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules sourcebook.

Wai Wong
Company Secretary
020 7408 9300
22 April 2014