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Cookson Group PLC18 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest BRITEL FUND TRUSTEES 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 AS ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them BRITEL FUND NOMINEES LIMITED (4,200,063 SHARES) CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED (119,633,225 SHARES) 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired NOT DISCLOSED 6) Percentage of issued class NOT DISCLOSED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 17 FEBRUARY 2005 11) Date company informed 18 FEBRUARY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 120,671,635 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.365% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - 020 70616565 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC Date of notification: 18 FEBRUARY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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