Additional Listing

Elementis plc (the "Company") - Additional Listing of Shares

A block listing application has been made for 950,000 ordinary shares of 5p each to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The shares will be issued fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company.

830,000 shares will be issued under the 2003 Executive Share Option Scheme and 120,000 shares will be issued under the 2008 Savings-Related Share Option Scheme.

Wai Wong

Company Secretary

020 7408 9303

1 August 2012