Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	RALPH HEWINS
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CFO, DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	ELEMENTIS PLC
b)	LEI	549300LQIH685LI2ML36
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	SHARES GB0002418548
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of a conditional share award (structured as a nil cost option) over 202,366 shares under the Elementis plc 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended) with a vesting date of 3 April 2020 at a cost of nil pence per share.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) N/A N/A
d)	Aggregated information
	-Aggregated volume	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-04-03
f)	Place of the transaction	London, UK