Holding(s) in Company

Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007


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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or theunderlying issuer of    |           Elementis Plc            |
|existing shares to which voting rights are attached:    |                                    |
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|                                                                                             |
|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                          |
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|                                                                             |      Yes      |
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                  |               |
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|                                                                             |               |
|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the  |               |
|acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached     |               |
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|                                                                             |               |
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                             |               |
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|                                                                             |      Yes      |
|Other (please specify): Change in Issued Share Capital                       |               |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to         |             Lloyds TSB Group Plc              |
|notification obligation:                     |                                               |
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|                                             |             Nominees (Jersey) Ltd             |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |              Perry Nominees Ltd               |
|from 3):                                     |              Boltro Nominees Ltd              |
|                                             |        Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd         |
|                                             |           State Street Nominees Ltd           |
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|                                             |                                               |
|5. Date of transaction (and date on which the|              30th September 2008              |
|threshold is crossed or reached if           |                                               |
|different):                                  |                                               |
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|                                             |               1st October 2008                |
|6. Date on which issuer notified:            |                                               |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or       |                Fallen below 7%                |
|reached:                                     |                                               |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                          |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                          |
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|Class/type  |Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  |
|of shares   |triggering transaction   |                                                      |
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|use ISIN    |Number of   |Number of   |Number of   |Number of voting     |Percentage of      |
|code        |shares      |voting      |shares      |rights               |voting rights      |
|            |            |rights      |            |---------------------+-------------------|
|            |            |            |            |        |            |        |          |
|            |            |            |            |Direct  |Indirect    |Direct  |Indirect  |
|------------+------------+------------+------------+--------+------------+-------------------|
|0241854 Ord | 31,453,739 | 31,453,739 | 31,347,264 |        | 31,347,264 |      |   6.998    |
|  GBP0.05   |            |            |            |        |            |      |            |
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|B: Financial Instruments                                                   |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                       |
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|Type of      |Expiration   |Exercise/     |No. of voting rights |Percentage|
|financial    |date         |conversion    |that may be acquired |of voting |
|instrument   |             |period/date   |(if the instrument   |rights    |
|             |             |              |exercised/converted) |          |
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|             |             |              |                     |          |
|             |             |              |                     |          |
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|Total (A+B)                                                                |
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|Number of voting rights            |Percentage of voting rights            |
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|            31,347,264             |                 6.998                 |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or|
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:             |
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|30,000 Shares are held by Nominees (Jersey) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary |
|of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. |
|                                                                           |
|321,667 Shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of|
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.    |
|                                                                           |
|15,787 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of|
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.    |
|                                                                           |
|159,649 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned  |
|subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB |
|Group Plc.                                                                 |
|                                                                           |
|30,820,161 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under  |
|the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned  |
|subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly   |
|owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of|
|Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.    |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                              |
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|10. Name of proxy holder:          |                                       |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy  |                                       |
|holder will cease to hold:         |                                       |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will|                                       |
|cease to hold voting rights:       |                                       |
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|13. Additional information:        |                                       |
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|14 Contact name:                   |        Central Disclosure Unit        |
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|15. Contact telephone name:        |          [phone]          |
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Wai Wong
Company Secretary
020 7408 9303

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