Holding(s) in Company

Elementis PLC
17 February 2005

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     ELEMENTIS PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     HANOVER INVESTORS PARTNERS - V. LLC

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

     ALL THE SHARES ARE, OR ARE SHORTLY TO BE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE 
     SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2.

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     -

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     2,000,000

6)   Percentage of issued Class

     0.49%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   Percentage of issued Class

     -

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

     17/02/05

11)  Date company informed

     17/02/05

12)  Total holding following this notification

     65,323,073
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     15.14%

14)  Any additional information

     HIP IV INCORPORATED IS INTERESTED IN THE SHARES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF 
     THE ABOVE SHAREHOLDER IN ITS CAPACITY AS MANAGING MEMBER THEREOF AND IS 
     ALSO INTERESTED IN THE 371,929 SHARES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF HANOVER 
     INVESTORS PARTNERS IV - L.P. IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GENERAL PARTNER 
     THEREOF. THE AGGREGATE INTEREST OF HIP IV INCORPORATED IS THEREFORE IN
     65,695,000 ORDINARY SHARES (15.23%).


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     MARK PRUDDEN
     01784 227022

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

     Date of Notification ...17.2.2005.............

LETTER TO ELEMENTIS PLC
LETTER DATED 17 FEBRUARY 2005

Notification of Interest in Shares

We, Hanover Investors Partners - V. LLC, ('HIP V') notify you  pursuant to 
sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985 of Great Britain ('the Act') that:

1.  we are interested in 65,323,071 ordinary shares in the share capital of
    Elementis plc ('the HIP V Shares'):

2.  so far as known to us all the HIP V Shares are, or are shortly to be,
    registered in name of 'Hanover Investors Partners - V, LLC'; and

3.  our interest in the HIP V Shares (or in any of them) is not such an
    interest as is mentioned in section 208(5) of the Act.


Please also treat this letter as a notification pursuant to sections 198 - 202
of the Act on behalf of HIP IV incorporated of 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400,
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA 19808, that it is interested in a total of
65,695,000 ordinary shares in the share capital of Elementis plc. These shares
include all the HIP V Shares, in which HIP IV Incorporated is interested in its
capacity as our managing member and 371,929 shares registered in the name of
Hanover Investors Partners IV-L.P., in which HIP IV Incorporated is interested
in its capacity as the general partner of Hanover Investors Partners IV-L.P, HIP
IV Incorporated's interest in all such shares (or in any of them) is not such an
interest as is mentioned in section 208(5) of the Act. 

LETTER FROM HANOVER INVESTORS PARTNERS - V,LLC
 




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