Holding in Company

Cookson Group PLC
12 September 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Cookson Group plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
AXA S.A.

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:
AS ABOVE

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
AS ABOVE

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
3,620,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.5%

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

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
COOKSON GROUP plc ORDINARY SHARES OF 50p 

10  Date of transaction:
11 SEPTEMBER 2000

11  Date company informed:
12 SEPTEMBER

12  Total holding following this notification:
38,779 413 COOKSON GROUP plc ORDINARY SHARES OF 50p 

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.34%

14  Contact name for queries:
JULIA BAGGULEY

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7766 4537

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
AS ABOVE

17  Date of notification:
12 SEPTEMBER 2000


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