9th Aug 2006 18:09
Cookson Group PLC09 August 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest AVIVA PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 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 AS IN 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Morley Fund Management Ltd:BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 2,270,800*Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 4,896,326*Chase Nominees Limited 202,092*CUIM Nominee Limited 1,992,578* * denotes beneficial interest 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 313,364 8) Percentage of issued class 0.16% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 8 August 2006 11) Date company informed 9 August 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 9,361,796* * beneficial interest only 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.86% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 020 7822 0000 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC Date of notification: 9 AUGUST 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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