ELEMENTIS PLC - Holding(s) in Company

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London, May 12



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		ELEMENTIS PLC
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 notification obligation:	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	11 May 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 May 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5% of voting rights


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
GB0002418548	23,157,178			22,014,676			22,936,250				21,793,748			4.70%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights
Right to recall lent shares										1,262,700			0.27%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to			% of voting rights
												Nominal			Delta


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
23,056,448								4.97%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (3.04%)

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:

13. Additional information:	This notification is due to crossing below the 5% threshold of total voting rights. In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager. This disclosure has been calculated based on a total voting rights figure of 463,672,659.
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 7067 2999

15 May 2017

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