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Cookson Group PLC 22 May 2002 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest CLERICAL MEDICAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 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 the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CMIG2304 - 5,085,732 SHARES CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CMIG2314 - 7,687,049 SHARES CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CMIG2343 - 365,000 SHARES MORGAN NOMINEES - 1,855,439 SHARES MORGAN NOMINEES - 1,735,526 SHARES MORGAN NOMINEES - 78,237 SHARES MORGAN NOMINEES - 61,873 SHARES MORGAN NOMINEES - 2,048,714 SHARES MORGAN NOMINEES - 77,221 SHARES HSBC GLOBAL NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 823733 - 82,104 SHARES HSBC GLOBAL NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C - 883,060 SHARES HSBC GLOBAL NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C - 1,602,785 SHARES HSBC GLOBAL NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C - 104,814 SHARES HSBC GLOBAL NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 744285 - 4,000 SHARES CMI UK TRACKER FUND - 26,990 SHARES 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 NOT DISCLOSED 8) Percentage of issued class NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 20 MAY 2002 11) Date company informed 21 MAY 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 21,698,544 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.98% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ALAN WALLWORK, ASST COMPANY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 020 7766 4537 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification ALAN WALLWORK, ASST COMPANY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC Date of notification: 22 MAY 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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