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Cookson Group PLC 14 June 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. & FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL 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 NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them REGISTERED NAME MANAGEMENT COMPANY NUMBER OF SHARES CHASE NOMINEES LTD. FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. 83,082,342 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. 10,758,002 RBS TRUST BANK FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 754,695 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD. FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 245,180 CITIBANK FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 515,380 CHASE NOMINEES LTD. FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 7,951,533 BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 1,846,140 NORTHERN TRUST FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 2,202,245 HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 481,594 LIMITED BANKERS TRUST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 292,500 RBS TRUST BANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 6,982,540 CITIBANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 367,120 CHASE NOMINEES LTD FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 14,463,252 HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 71,165,880 LIMITED CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3,237,216 DEUTSCHE BANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1,441,330 BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 9,040,686 NORTHERN TRUST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3,721,613 BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 883,400 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2,049,340 MELLON BANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 445,000 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 15,976,923 8) Percentage of issued class 0.84% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 14 JUNE 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 221,926,988 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.71% 14) Any additional information 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: 14 JUNE 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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