Director Shareholding(s)

Cookson Group PLC 1 February 2001 DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS 1) NAME OF COMPANY COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR RAY 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 an non-beneficial interest AS 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) NATIONAL CITY NOMINEES 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 N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 2,441 8) ( N/A% ) of issued Class MINIMAL 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NIL 10) ( N/A %) of issued Class N/A 11) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 50P EACH 12) Price per share 130.5 PENCE 13) Date of transaction 4 JANUARY 1999 14) Date company informed 4 JANUARY 1999 15) Total holding following this notification 144,434 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification MINIMAL IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant N/A 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. N/A 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JULIA BAGGULEY 020 7766 4537 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification AS ABOVE Date of Notification 1 FEBRUARY 2001

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