Directors' Dealings

Cookson Group PLC
7 March 2000

Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Cookson Group plc

2   Name of director:
Stephen Howard

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
as above

4   Name of 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:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

10  Percentage of issued class:
N/A

11  Class of security:
N/A

12  Price per share:
N/A

13  Date of transaction:
N/A

14  Date company informed:
N/A

15  Total holding following this notification:
N/A

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
N/A

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:
7 March 2000

18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:
7 March 2003 to 6 March 2010

19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
Nil

20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
294,034 options over Cookson Group plce 50 Ordinary Shares

21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:
£1.93

22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:
3,081,256

23  Contact name for queries:
Julia Bagguley

24  Contact telephone number:
0207 766 4537

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
as above





Additional Information: