21st Jul 2005 18:25
Cookson Group PLC21 July 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. & FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of themREGISTERED NAME MANAGEMENT COMPANY NUMBER OF SHARESBROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 6,032,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 28,000JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED 787,949JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR CORP 3,000JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 431,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 24,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT DISCLOSED 8) Percentage of issued class NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 21 JULY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 7,305,949 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.85% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 0207061 6565 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC Date of notification: 21 JULY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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