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Elementis PLC 21 February 2002 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY ELEMENTIS PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND FMR CORP 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. PLEASE SEE BELOW 6) ( N/A %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security 10) Date of transaction 11) Date company informed 20 FEBRUARY 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 30,081,435 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.97% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries PENNY WATSON 01784 224373 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification K WILLIAMS DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 21 FEBRUARY 2002 LETTER TO ELEMENTIS PLC - DATED 19 FEBRUARY 2002 AMENDMENT No 3 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: ELEMENTIS PLC 2. Notifiable Interest: ORDINARY SHARES A FMR Corp 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) B 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), 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 FMR Corp. and 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)(h) 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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 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. LETTER FROM FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY SCHEDULE A SECURITY: ELEMENTIS PLC Amendment No 3 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME (ORDINARY SHARES) 1,530,900 FMRCO CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 1,642,000 FMRCO CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 84,600 FMRCO STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 605,900 FMRCO STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 326,800 FMRCO HSBC 24,256,918 FISL CHASE NOMINEES LTD 1,634,317 FIL CHASE NOMINEES LTD TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 30,081,435 CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 6.97% SHARES IN ISSUE: 431,575,581 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING: (300,000) ORDINARY SHARES This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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