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Cookson Group PLC 27 January 2004 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of director RAYMOND SHARPE 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) N/A 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary EXERCISE OF US STOCK PURCHASE PLAN OPTION 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 11,052 8) Percentage of issued class <0.01% 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued class N/A 11) Class of security Ordinary shares of 1 pence each 12) Price per share 25p 13) Date of transaction 26 January 2004 14) Date company informed N/A 15) Total holding following this notification 489,759 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.03% 23) Any additional information OPTION EXERCISED UNDER US STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, (US SAVINGS RELATED OPTION SCHEME) 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - 020 7061 6565 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC Date of Notification..................................27 JANUARY 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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