Holding in Company

Elementis PLC
27 October 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

ELEMENTIS PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18



4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

PLEASE SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

13,182,100

6)   ( 3.05 %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p

10)  Date of transaction

25 OCT 2000

11)  Date company informed

27 OCT 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

26,285,935 ORD SHARES
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.09%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

KERIN WILLIAMS
020 7398 1439

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification 27 OCT 2000..........



Amendment No. 1

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:           ELEMENTIS PLC

2. Notifiable Interest:                        ORDINARY SHARES

           Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. Box HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd.(FISL) and Fidelity
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
           investment companies and institutional clients.
           (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders 
           and their holdings.)

3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Principal shareholder of  Fidelity International Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (e) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
       notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
       the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
       that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect          
      subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in    
     respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit    
    these notifications on a joint basis.

6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
       namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
       to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
       control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
       respectively.

SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: ELEMENTIS PLC                                  Amendment No. 1


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
(Ordinary)
                      16,101,618     FISL        Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)  
                                                Nominees Limited
                         934,317     FIL         Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                 Nominees Limited      
                       9,250,000     FIL         HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                 (UK) Limited



TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 26,285,935

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  6.09%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       431,462,807

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           +13,182,100 ORDINARY SHARES