Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Elementis PLC
12 May 2000


ELEMENTIS PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN (the 'Plan')

The Trustees of the Plan have advised us that, in accordance with the terms of
the Plan, options to purchase shares were granted on 12 May 2000 to the
executive directors as detailed below:

              Lyndon Evan Cole           269,841 shares
              George Rollo Fairweather   189,304 shares
              Mike Peter Parker          189,304 shares