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Elementis PLC 8 November 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 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. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 4,514,447 6) Percentage of issued Class 1.04% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT KNOWN 11) Date company informed 5 NOVEMBER 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 47,765,240 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.06% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries NICHOLAS ROWE 01784 22 7022 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 8 NOVEMBER 2004 LETTER TO: ELEMENTIS PLC 4 November 2004 Amendment No.12 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, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (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) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), 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 A 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 and efficiency. 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. Schedule A Amendment No.12 Security: Elementis Plc SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 2,335,175 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London Total 2,541,888 FIL JP Morgan Total 228,200 FIL Northern Trust Total 1,038,800 FIL State Street Bank & Trust Total 37,069,440 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London Total 1,834,287 FISL JP Morgan Total 700,000 FMRCO HSBC Total 176,800 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd. Total 43,500 FMTC JP Morgan Chase Total 240,200 FMTC Mellon Bank Total 241,200 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd Total 3,050 FPM Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX Total 546,800 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd Total 765,900 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd Total 47,765,240 Grand Total Ordinary Shares Current ownership percentage: 11.07% Shares in Issue: 431,400,000 Change in holdings since last filing: +4,514,447 ordinary shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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