Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                            
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                         
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                 Elementis plc
attached:ii                                                                                
                                                                                           
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                  
                                                                                           
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                               x
                                                                                           
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result            
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached            
                                                                                           
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                  
qualifying financial instruments                                                           
                                                                                           
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                           
                                                                                           
Other (please specify):                                                                    
                                                                                           
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                              Schroders plc        
notification obligation:iii                                                                
                                                                                           
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                             
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                                 
                                                                                           
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                     
which the threshold is crossed or                                        07.01.14          
reached: v                                                                                 
                                                                                           
                                                                Notification sent 08.01.14 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 and received on 21.02.14            
                                                                                           
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                   Below 5%          
   reached: vi, vii                                                                           
                                                                                           

8. Notified details:                                                                                        
                                                                                                            
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                
                                                                                                            
Class/type   Situation previous     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      
of           to the triggering                                                                              
shares       transaction                                                                                    
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
if possible  Number             Number        Number     Number of voting        % of  voting rights    
using        of                 of            of shares  rights                  x                      
the ISIN     Shares             Voting                                                                  
CODE                            Rights                                                                  
                                              Direct     Direct xi Indirect xii  Direct    Indirect     
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
  Ordinary                                                                                                  
              64,463,261        44,613,178   24,837,947    N/A     22,517,387     N/A       4.908%     
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                         
                                                                                                            
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                        
                                                                                                            
Type of        Expiration            Exercise/                Number of voting              % of voting     
financial      date xiii             Conversion Period xiv    rights that may be            rights          
instrument                                                    acquired if the                               
                                                              instrument is                                 
                                                              exercised/ converted.                         
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                               
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                         
                                                                                                            
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                        
                                                                                                            
Type of       Exercise price        Expiration  Exercise/  Number of voting rights      % of voting         
financial                           date xvii   Conversion instrument refers to         rights xix, xx      
instrument                                      period                                                      
                                                xviii                                                       
                                                                                                            
                                                                                        Nominal  Delta      
                                                                                                            

Total (A+B+C)                                                                                               
                                                                                                            
Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights                            
                                                                                                            
     22,517,387                                  4.908%                           
                                                                                                            


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
As at 7 January 2013                                                                    
                                                                                        
Cazenove Capital Management Limited                       200,000             0.044%      
                                                                                        
Schroder Investment Management Limited                 20,750,430             4.522%          
                                                                                        
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited    1,566,957             0.342%     
                                                                                            
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


                                                                                        
                              The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios
13. Additional information:   managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for       
                              clients under investment management agreements. This      
                              disclosure has been calculated based on issue share       
                              capital amount 458,830,967.                               
                                                                                        
                              The position as at 20 February 2014,  is shown below.     
                                                                                        
                              Cazenove Capital Management Limited     200,000         0.044%
                                                                                    
                              Schroder Investment Management Limited  20,655,058      4.502% 
                                                                                       
                              Schroder Investment Management          1,443,320       0.315%
                              North America Limited                                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                  Scott Dickenson                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                      020 7658 6000