Holding(s) in Company

Cookson Group PLC
26 January 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

COOKSON GROUP PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

LEGAL & GENERAL 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

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 914945 - 707,166
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245 - 8,032,515
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206 - 39,202,790
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 866203 - 2,650,056
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509 - 2,566,586


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

6,258,138


8) Percentage of issued class

0.33%


9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

21 JANUARY 2004

11) Date company informed

23 JANUARY 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

53,159,113 SHARES

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.81%

14) Any additional information

N/A


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 020
7061 6565


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC



Date of notification: 26 JANUARY 2004


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