Holding(s) in Company

Elementis PLC
27 January 2006


Elementis plc ('the Company')


The Company announces that it was notified on 27 January 2006 under Section 198
of the Companies Act 1985 that as at 26 January 2006 Silchester International
Investors Limited was interested in 53,178,853 Ordinary Shares of 5p each in the
Company. These holdings represent 12.17% of the issued Ordinary Share capital of
the Company as at 27 January 2006.


Jennifer Murphy
Company Secretary

27 January 2006



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