Holding(s) in Company

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





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