11th Jan 2005 17:22
Cookson Group PLC11 January 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 them REGISTERED NAME MANAGEMENT COMPANY NUMBER OF SHARES BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL 6,037,698JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL 3,470,243BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 88,627,829JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2,570,880JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED 89,845,214JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR CORP 30,000BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 1,956,355BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 531,680CITIBANK LONDON FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 882,500JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 6,295,047NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 6,732,635STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 1,497,400 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 16,619,172 8) Percentage of issued class 0.88% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 11 JANUARY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 208,477,481 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.99% 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: 11 JANUARY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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