Holding(s) in Company

Elementis PLC
27 August 2002


                  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.

     PLEASE SEE BELOW

6)   (%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8)   (%) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p

10)  Date of transaction

     23 AUGUST 2002

11)  Date company informed

     26 AUGUST 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

     26,302,890
               
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

     PENNY WATSON           
     01784 224373

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

     Date of Notification       27 AUGUST 2002




LETTER TO: ELEMENTIS PLC  
DATED AUGUST 23, 2002


Amendment No. 5

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - U.K. 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), 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)(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 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                                                    Amendment No. 5


Security: Elementis Plc


                              SHARES HELD      MANAGEMENT    NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                                COMPANY            NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                               24,595,473         FISL       Chase Nominees Ltd

                                1,707,417         FIL        Chase Nominees Ltd





Total Ordinary Shares                    26,302,890

Current ownership percentage:                 6.09%

Shares in issue:                        431,575,581

Change in holdings since last filing:    +1,211,236  ordinary shares





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