Holding(s) in Company

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                   |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |                       |
| underlying issuer                         |         Elementis Plc |
| of existing shares to which voting rights |                       |
| are                                       |                       |
| attached: ii                              |                       |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights          |    YES     |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial   |            |
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of   |            |
| shares already issued to which voting rights are     |            |
| attached                                             |            |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with       |            |
| similar economic effect to qualifying financial      |            |
| instruments                                          |            |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights     |            |
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| Other (please specify): |                            |            |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject |     JPMorgan Asset Management |
| to the                            |                 Holdings Inc. |
| notification obligation: iii      |                               |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)    |     JPMorgan Asset Management |
|  (if different from 3.):iv        |                  (UK) Limited |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and    |                               |
| date on                           |              02 December 2009 |
| which the threshold is crossed or |                               |
| reached: v                        |                               |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: |              03 December 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are       |                               |
| crossed or                        |                    5% upwards |
| reached: vi, vii                  |                               |
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|8. Notified details:                                                                                  |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                          |
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|Class/type of  |Situation previous               |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|shares         |to the triggering                |                                                    |
|if possible    |transaction                      |                                                    |
|using          |---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|the ISIN CODE  |Number           |Number         |Number    |Number of voting   |% of  voting rights x|
|               |of               |of             |of shares |rights             |                     |
|               |Shares           |Voting         |----------+-------------------+---------------------|
|               |                 |Rights         |Direct    |Direct|Indirect xii|Direct    |Indirect  |
|               |                 |               |          |xi    |            |          |          |
|---------------+-----------------+---------------+----------+------+------------+----------+----------|
|GB0002418548   |22,035,867       |22,035,867     |          |      |22,480,841  |          |5.02%     |
|---------------|                 |               |          |      |            |          |          |
|               |                 |               |          |      |            |          |          |
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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                   |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                  |
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|Type of financial       |Expiration    |Exercise/               |Number of voting      |% of voting   |
|instrument              |date xiii     |Conversion Period xiv   |rights that may be    |rights        |
|                        |              |                        |acquired if the       |              |
|                        |              |                        |instrument is         |              |
|                        |              |                        |exercised/ converted. |              |
|------------------------+--------------+------------------------+----------------------+--------------|
|                        |              |                        |                      |              |
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi     |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                  |
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|Type of         |Exercise price  |Expiration|Exercise/     |Number of voting rights|% of voting rights|
|financial       |                |date xvii |Conversion    |instrument refers to   |xix, xx           |
|instrument      |                |          |period xviii  |                       |                  |
|----------------+----------------+----------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------|
|                |                |          |              |                       |Nominal   |Delta  |
|                |                |          |              |                       |----------+-------|
|                |                |          |              |                       |          |       |
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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                                         |
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|Number of voting rights                               |Percentage of voting rights                    |
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|22,480,841                                            |5.02%                                          |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the                                                 |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi    |
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| Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings  |
| Inc : 22,480,841 (5.02%)                                          |
| JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 22,480,841 (5.02%)        |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                             |   N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease       |   N/A |
| to hold:                                                  |       |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold         |   N/A |
| voting rights:                                            |       |
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| 13. Additional information:                  |                N/A |
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| 14. Contact name:                            |       Tracey Young |
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| 15. Contact telephone number:                |      020 7777 0424 |
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer    |
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii              |
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the         |
| notification obligation                                           |
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| Full name                    |                                    |
| (including legal form of     | JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings |
| legal entities)              |                               Inc. |
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| Contact address              |                                    |
| (registered office for legal | 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY10017 |
| entities)                    |                                    |
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| Phone number & email         |                   001 212 270 6000 |
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| Other useful information     |                                    |
| (at least legal              |                                    |
| representative for legal     |                                N/A |
| persons)                     |                                    |
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                        |
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| Full name                    |                       Tracey Young |
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| Contact address              |    JPMorgan Chase, 13th Floor, 125 |
|                              |      London Wall, London, EC2Y 5AJ |
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| Phone number & email         |                      020 7777 0424 |
|                              |        [e-mail] |
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| Other useful information     |                                    |
| (e.g. functional             |                                    |
| relationship with the person |                                N/A |
| or legal entity subject to   |                                    |
| the notification obligation) |                                    |
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| C: Additional information                                         |
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| N/A                                                               |
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| This notification is made in accordance with Rule 5.8.12 R(1) of  |
| the Disclosure and Transparency Rules sourcebook.                 |
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| Wai Wong                                                          |
| Company Secretary                                                 |
| 020 7408 9303                                                     |
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| 3 December 2009                                                   |
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