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Cookson Group PLC 08 November 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 MANHATTAN BANK LONDON FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. 87,058,862 JP MORGAN FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. 3,995,782 STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD. FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 200,200 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD. FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 245,180 CITIBANK FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 515,380 BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 1,733,340 NORTHERN TRUST FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 2,202,245 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 198,900 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 146,600 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 7,519,801 RBS TRUST BANK FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY 754,695 BANKERS TRUST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 292,500 RBS TRUST BANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3,500,820 CITIBANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 367,120 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 19,022,162 DEUTSCHE BANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1,441,330 BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 10,497,306 NORTHERN TRUST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 7,619,580 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 543,890 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 692,600 MELLON BANK FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1,430,800 JP MORGAN FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3,921,680 HSBC FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 71,165,880 JP MORGAN CHASE FMR CORP 30,000 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 2,362,252 8) Percentage of issued class 0.125% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 8 NOVEMBER 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 225,096,653 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.881% 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: 8 NOVEMBER 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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