Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the     |                            |
| underlying issuer of existing shares | Elementis Plc              |
| to which voting rights are attached: |                            |
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                               |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights          | Yes        |
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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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| Other (please specify):______________                |            |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to | Legal & General Group Plc  |
| the notification obligation:         | (L&G)                      |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if   | Legal & General Assurance  |
| different from 3.):                  | (Pensions Management)      |
|                                      | Limited (PMC)              |
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date | 20 March 2009              |
| on which the threshold is crossed or |                            |
| reached if different):               |                            |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    | 23 March 2009              |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  | From 3% - 4%(L&G)          |
| or 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        |                                                        |
| if possible|------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------|
|using the   |Number of Shares |Number of   |Number of   |Number of voting rights|% of voting rights |
|ISIN CODE   |                 |Voting      |shares      |-----------------------+-------------------|
|            |                 |Rights      |            |Direct      |Indirect  |Direct  |Indirect  |
|------------+-----------------+------------+------------+------------+----------+--------+----------|
|ORD         |17,531,692       |17,531,692  |17,960,692  |17,960,692  |          |4.00    |          |
|GBP 0.05    |                 |            |            |            |          |        |          |
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|B: Financial Instruments                                                                            |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                |
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|Type of financial  |Expiration date    |Exercise/ Conversion   |Number of voting     |% of voting   |
|instrument         |                   |Period/ Date           |rights that may be   |rights        |
|                   |                   |                       |acquired if the      |              |
|                   |                   |                       |instrument is        |              |
|                   |                   |                       |exercised/ converted.|              |
|-------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------|
|                   |                   |                       |                     |              |
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| Total (A+B)                                                       |
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| Number of voting rights                | % of voting rights       |
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| 17,960,692                             | 4.00                     |
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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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|   | Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and                     |   |
|   | Indirect) (Group)                                         |   |
|   | Legal & General Investment Management                     |   |
|   | (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and                    |   |
|   | Indirect)                                                 |   |
|   | Legal & General Investment Management                     |   |
|   | Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)                                 |   |
|   | Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (17,960,692 -    |   |
|   | 4.00% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)                                 |   |
|   | Legal & General Investment     Legal & General Insurance  |   |
|   | Management (Holdings) Limited  Holdings Limited (Direct)  |   |
|   | (Direct) (LGIMHD) (16,338,613  (LGIH)                     |   |
|   | - 3.64% = PMC)                                            |   |
|   | Legal & General Assurance      Legal & General Assurance  |   |
|   | (Pensions Management) Limited  Society Limited  (LGAS &   |   |
|   | (PMC) (16,338,613 - 3.64% =    LGPL)                      |   |
|   | PMC)                                                      |   |
|   |                                Legal & General Pensions   |   |
|   |                                Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)   |   |
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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 | N/A       |   |
|   | cease to hold:                                |           |   |
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|   | 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to  | N/A       |   |
|   | hold voting rights:                           |           |   |
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|   | 13. Additional         | Notification using the total     |   |
|   | information:           | voting rights figure of          |   |
|   |                        | 447,960,784                      |   |
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|   | 14. Contact name:      | Helen Lewis (LGIM)               |   |
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|   | 15. Contact telephone  | 020 3124 3851                    |   |
|   | number:                |                                  |   |
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This notification is made in accordance with Rule 5.8.12 R(1) of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules sourcebook.

Wai Wong
Company Secretary
020 7408 9303

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