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):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                Aberdeen Asset Managers 
                                                                Limited (and/or acting  
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                        for its affiliates) as  
notification obligation:iii                                     discretionary investment
                                                                manager on behalf of    
                                                                multiple managed        
                                                                portfolios              
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                       N/A
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                          16 April 2015
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                          20 April 2015
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
             Number            Number        Number     Number of voting                 % of  voting rights x
if possible  of                of            of shares  rights
using        Shares            Voting                                                                           
the ISIN                       Rights                   Direct xi             Indirect   Direct    Indirect      
CODE                                                                             xii                             

             23,801,588        22,889,702    24,001,588                       23,089,702           5.00%         
GB0002418548                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                         
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.                                                                                                                                                         
N/A            N/A                     N/A                          N/A                                   N/A            
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi        

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction    

Type of       Exercise price         Expiration date Exercise/    Number of voting rights instrument  % of voting rights
financial                            xvii            Conversion   refers to                           xix, xx           
instrument                                           period xviii                                                       
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                      Nominal Delta       N/A           N/A                    N/A             N/A          N/A                                                   
                                                                                                      N/A     N/A      
   


Total (A+B+C)  

Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights      

23,089,702                                                     5.00%                                                     
                                                                                                                         

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
N/A                                                                                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                N/A        
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                          N/A        
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                            N/A        
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                        N/A                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                  Ben Van Loon         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                      01224 404090         
                                                                                        

 

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 9300
20 April 2015