Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:3161W
Elementis PLC
9 March 2004

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

ELEMENTIS PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FIDELITYINTERNATIONAL LIMITED

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
 holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

PLEASE SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

1,457,318

6)   Percentage of issued Class

0.3376%
7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8)   Percentage of issued Class


9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN

11)  Datecompany informed

8-MAR-04

12)  Total holding following this notification

40,156,502
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

9.30%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

PENNY WATSON
01784 227023

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ...... 9 MARCH 2004 ..................


Letterto Elementis PLC

Enclosed are amended notifications of disposable interests under the U.K 
Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details the 
disposable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure 
constitutesseparate notifications of interest which have been combined solely 
for purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that any 
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect lo these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act. 
The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. For 
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as Fidelity International 
Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, being non-beneficial 
holders.
 
From Fidelity Management & Research Company

Amendment #10 
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - UK COMPANIES ACT 

1. Company in which shares are held:                  Elementis Plc
2. Notifiable Interest:                               Ordinary Shares

Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
P.O. BOX HM 670 
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including 
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), investment manager for various non-US 
investment companies and institutional clients, (Sec Schedule A for listing of 
Registered Shareholders and their holdings,)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 
82 Devonshire Street 
Boston, MA 02109

Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited,

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant 
to Section 209 (l)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.
 
 
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes 
of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that 
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. 
Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed 
interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint 
basis,

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely 
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right 
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, 
or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
 

Schedule A
 
Security: Elementis Plc
 
                            MANAGEMENT 
SHARES HELD              COMPANY          NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
 
 35,058.985                 FISL             Chase Nominees Ltd
    646,800                 FPM              Chase Nominees Ltd
    872,000                 FPM              HSBC ClientHoldings Nominee (UK) Limited
  2,190,917                 FIL              Chase Nominees Ltd
  1,123,300                 FIL              Deutsche Bank
    264,500                 FIL              Northern Trust


Total Ordinary Shares     40,156,502
 
Current Ownership percentage:  9.31%

Shares in issue:         431,400,000

Change in holdings since last filing:     +1,457,318 ordinary shares 


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